Energy News

During a November visit by President Obama to Manchester, PSNH engineers, line workers, and meter readers helped ensure safe travels for Air Force One and other aircraft by changing out the pad-mounted transformer serving Manchester Airport’s (MHT) runway lights. The work was performed near where Air Force One was parked during the President’s visit.

“The runway lights weren’t working correctly, and the source of the problem was a mystery,” says Elizabeth LaRocca, Southern Division community relations manager. PSNH account executive Craig Trottier explains that, “Coincident with the [October] snowstorm, the airport’s runway lights would no longer perform to specification. This caused the airport to run the lights on generator—obviously, an unacceptable condition for the airport and the FAA.”

When thinking of the types of businesses ripe for energy efficiency upgrades, a day spa likely does not come to mind. But as Chill Day Spa owner Crissy McQuade recently discovered, the savings from energy-efficient lighting adds up quickly, even in the day spa business.

The recently released 2011 New Hampshire Economic Review, published by PSNH’s Economic and Community Development department, indicates the Granite State continues to be an attractive place to locate a business and raise a family. In eight leading economic categories, New Hampshire ranks first in the nation in four of them, including “most livable state” in America.

The annual resource, published on behalf of New Hampshire’s business developers as well as community planners and administrators, contains the most current information, statistics, and trends for promoting and encouraging business development.