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New Law's Solar Energy Requirement Sets PSNH on Edge

By David Darman on Thursday, June 21, 2007.

New Hampshire’s new Renewable Portfolio Energy law requires utilities begin buying power from renewable sources starting next year.

Eventually that power could come from wind, biomass or hydro sources.

It also requires solar energy to be part of the renewable total.

The state’s largest utility says the solar goal is probably unrealistic.

But state officials, environmentalists and the solar industry disagree.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more.

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New Hampshire's Representatives Want a Chance to Vote on the Iraq War

By Matt Laslo on Thursday, June 21, 2007.

Democrats in both chambers of Congress are ramping up efforts to end the Iraq War.

NHPR Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington on what proposals are on the table ... and what New Hampshire lawmakers have to say about them.

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