NHEC members need to wake up

Letters to the Editor
Written By Barney Smith

By Dwight Swauger

To the Editor:

NHEC members need to wake up; their family finances are at risk!  A well-financed out-of-state special interest group wants to raise your rates by forcing NHEC to buy expensive wind and solar power.  We know it will cost more because the renewable power rates of both the Community Power Coalition of NH and NHEC are higher than the standard power rates.  

The climate activist group from Boulder, Colorado, wants you to vote for a Cambridge, Massachusetts resident and voter, a British lawyer, and a long-time Eversource employee to oust the current Board members who have kept our electric service reliable and affordable (a 16% fixed monthly rate reduction and rate increases less than inflation). The Colorado group has sent out expensive full-color campaign materials, paid for slick websites, sent text messages to select members, and even paid for an event with free drinks. With traditional low turnout in Co-op elections, these tactics can work. 

Don’t let them buy your Co-op! Protect your finances and reliable service by voting for incumbent directors, Bill Darcy and Bob MacLeod. 

Dwight Swauger

Benton

Barney Smith
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