Electric rates about to double in New Hampshire
Local utilities serving the Granite State are preparing to adjust what they charge for electricity. The cost of natural gas has skyrocketed, and that pain is about to find ratepayers’ pockets.
Congresswoman: Blame Biden agenda, not oil firms, for rising gas prices
McMorris Rodgers said Biden sent the U.S. down the path toward an energy crisis on his first day in office. After canceling the presidential permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, she said the administration then began preventing energy companies from having any capital expenditures into new production.
Biden threatens oil companies for not refining more gas — There’s just one problem
Total domestic capacity has dropped by 900,000 barrels per day since 2019. Industry groups and experts blamed the declining capacity and lack of new refineries on environmental regulation and projected fuel demand decline in the future as governments push green energy alternatives.
$84.5 mil: Vermont uses state, ARPA funds to address economic, work force development
$40 million will be spent to boost municipalities, businesses and the nonprofit sector that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. And $19 million will be put into the Forgivable Loan Program through the Economic Development Authority to administer forgivable loans to businesses suffering from economic shortfalls due to the pandemic.
Paul Dame: Dems want to focus on anything but the economy
During the Democratic debates there was one question about gas prices, which was used across the board by Democrats to talk about what an “opportunity” the high prices were to forcibly move people off fossil fuels.
Lynn Edmunds: Wallingford’s war on chickens
How would you know if zoning objectives really measure up to the ideals of their stated goals? More importantly, how can you distinguish a real need for regulation from one that is perhaps just a desire of your local or regional planning commission?
Reports: Majority of Americans use savings to cover inflation costs as stagflation concerns mount
The majority of Americans’ finances are worse than they were a year ago and they’re blowing through savings to make ends meet as record-high inflation has caused prices to skyrocket, several reports indicate.
Diesel, regular gas hit new record highs
Diesel, up to $5.78 per gallon, has hit a new record almost every day this month. Regular unleaded gas continued to extend its record, reaching $5.02 nationally.
JT Dodge: Clean heat standard would have afflicted Vermont farmers fighting global famine
Senator Kitchel voted “yes” to override Governor Scott’s important veto of “the Clean Heat Standard” bill. That law would have increased the energy costs of growing and transporting food. Some farms’ viability would have been threatened.
Report gives New Hampshire’s economy high ranking
New Hampshire boasts one of the strongest performing economies in the nation, according to a new report from the personal finance website WalletHub.
Myers Mermel: UVM should make land rent payment until it educates Vermonters once again
UVM is currently not providing public education; it is providing private education. New enrollments from out-of-staters are at 82% and in-state enrollments are at 18%. UVM is no longer a “public” institution.
Scott signs workforce and economic development legislation into law
The bill invests $84.5 million of both state and federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to address Vermont’s workforce shortage and provide local businesses and municipalities with resources to grow in the years ahead.