The New Hampshire Energy Summit convened industry stakeholders in Concord this week to hash out policy issues of the moment and set the stage for the upcoming legislative session.
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For the first time, the coal-fired power plant in Bow has failed to win funding from an annual program designed to guarantee future electricity supplies. Bids from Merrimack Station to burn coal to produce electricity were passed over in the forward.
Merrimack Station in Bow, built in the 1960s, is the last coal-fired plant in New England. The plant has a long history of serving the energy needs of New Hampshire residents. But, in recent years, the plant has come under fire by anti-coal groups.