Paul Grenier, mayor of Berlin, a small northern New Hampshire city reeling from the closure of paper mills, says the state's Site Evaluation Committee's decision to deny a proposal for a $1.6 billion transmission line by Hydro-Quebec crushes economic development efforts in the area. "This sends a very chilling message to anyone working to bring economic development to the North Country," the mayor told The Conway Daily Sun.
The state committee rejected the application 7-0 on February 1, saying
Paul Grenier, mayor of Berlin, a small northern New Hampshire city reeling from the closure of paper mills, says the state's Site Evaluation Committee's decision to deny a proposal for a $1.6 billion transmission line by Hydro-Quebec crushes economic development efforts in the area. "This sends a very chilling message to anyone working to bring economic development to the North Country," the mayor told The Conway Daily Sun.
The state committee rejected the application 7-0 on February 1, saying…
