CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 5 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has given the green light to the Town of Bedford's Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan. This decision, detailed in Order No. 28,109, released on March 5, 2025, allows Bedford to proceed with its plan to provide electric power supply and services to its residents, businesses, and other entities. Bedford submitted its plan for approval on January 9, 2025, in accordance with RSA chapter 53-E. The plan outlines how the town will aggregate electricity deman more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated Feb. 24, 2025, from the Financial Data and Technology Association of North America: * * * To: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, D.C. 20552 Submitted via electronic mail to 2024-NPRM-CONSUMER-REPORTING@cfpb.gov. Docket No. CFPB-2024-0044 Re: Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V) * * * The Financial Data and Technology Association of North America ("FDATA  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from the GE2P2 Global Foundation: * * * To: Hao Zhu Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 3134, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 Hao.Zhu@fda.hhs.gov * * * Dear Dr. Zhu: We very much appreciate the opportunity to share our observations and suggestions on this important draft guidance. We intend these c more ST

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 1, 2025, from New Hampshire Psychological Association: * * * To: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Attention: HIPAA Security Rule NPRM Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: HHS-OCR-2024-0020-0001 RIN 0945-AA22 * * * New Hampshire Psychological Association is a membership organization comprised of psychologists in bot more ST

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 5 -- Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. and Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource Energy) have jointly petitioned the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to modify their franchise areas in the town of Windham. The request, filed on January 31, 2025, seeks to transfer a specific lot from Eversource's service territory to Liberty's. The proposed change is driven by the need to provide electric service to a customer on Ryan Farm Road. Currently, the property falls within Everso more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 3 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order to clarify the scope of a proceeding involving Eversource Energy's petition for an exemption from the Town of Bethlehem's zoning ordinance. This order, DE 24-087, issued on March 3, 2025, addresses a dispute among parties regarding the extent of the Commission's review. Eversource filed a petition seeking an exemption under RSA 674:30, III, to replace existing electrical pole structures for two 115 kilovolt (kV) transmission lines within  more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 6 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued a Supplemental Order of Notice to examine Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy's proposed energy service (ES) procurement plans for the upcoming August 2025-January 2026 period. This review follows Order No. 27,090, which mandated Eversource to submit specific proposals. Eversource's filing, submitted on February 7, 2025, outlines plans that include an ISO-New England market-based procurement tranche of at least 50 perce more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 5 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued a Supplemental Order of Notice to conduct a further phase of review regarding Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. (UES) default service proposals. This review will focus on UES's market-based procurement strategies and proposed changes to reconciliation processes. Following Order No. 27,086, the PUC mandated that UES submit proposals for its upcoming August 2025-January 2026 energy service period. UES has complied, presenting plans that include an ISO-New more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 9 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has decided to close Docket DE 22-060, which addressed changes to the state's net metering tariff structure, and will open a new investigative docket to conduct a comprehensive review of the program. This decision, detailed in Order No. 28,110, released on March 7, 2025, aims to provide a holistic approach to addressing remaining issues and developing alternative net metering tariffs. The PUC's decision comes after it issued Order No. 27,074 in November 2024 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Kristi Noem Announces Expanded Leadership to Revamp ICE WASHINGTON --Today, Secretary Kristi Noem announced new leadership to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reinstitute a culture of results and accountability after four years of agency decay under the Biden Administration. Secretary Noem issued the following statement: "For the past four years, our brave men and women of ICE were barred from doing their jo more PR