Author: Bob Backus

Backus: Raising NH’s solar standards would yield many economic benefits

It would lower electric bills, add jobs and expand local investment

Energy strategy update is really a ‘down-date’

The Union Leader has praised the recent update of the 2014 state energy strategy. This update was principally the product of two of Governor Sununu’s staffers, neither of whom had prior expertise in energy policy. Praise for the 2018 strategy…

Energy myths and energy facts

Efficiency is still the easiest way to save money on electricity

Lift the cap on rooftop solar

Putting a limit on net metering means stopping growth of the industry

No Labels? No thanks

The better answer is to end the gridlock by electing a president and a Congress controlled by the same party

Changes to RGGI are penny wise and pound foolish

Saving energy reduces the need to build new power plants and transmission, which always mean higher costs

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What the latest data reveals about NH’s shifting economy and demographics

New Hampshire’s story is often told through familiar but false assumptions: retirees driving population change, Massachusetts buyers pushing up home prices, and a uniquely low-tax landscape keeping the state affordable.

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NH Business Finance Authority approves world’s first bitcoin-backed municipal bond

The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA) board of directors has approved a financing structure that will make New Hampshire the first state in the world to issue a municipal bond backed by bitcoin.

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New England Rural Health Association awarded $1.6m HRSA Northern Border RCORP grant

The award totals $1.6 million over four years and will support training, placement and sustainability efforts to strengthen the behavioral health workforce across rural Vermont and New Hampshire

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