House Bills 219 and 567 threaten wood ash production in New Hampshire!
If passed, these bills would be extremely detrimental to biomass plants and other sources of renewable energy including solar, wind, and hydro-electric plants by phasing out the New Hampshire Renewable Portfolio Standard law (RPS.) The RPS is a cornerstone of our state’s energy policy, and sunsetting this law would terminate predictable, reliable, and cost-effective power sources!
Biomass plants burn locally sourced wood to generate clean, domestic energy, providing essential jobs, revenue, and power to our rural communities. Biomass plants are an essential outlet for low-quality timber and play a critical role within the local forest products industry, and the wood ash they produce is an indispensable and sustainable fertilizer utilized by farmers throughout the Northeast!
Please contact the Science, Technology, and Energy Committee and urge them to oppose any efforts to revoke or weaken the RPS law, and to reject House Bills 219 and 567! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GiLHXWN_6Et-qgzR_tUxHytLsMtrrtXPfCayY3LUe6U/edit?gid=0#gid=0