What Has Sununu Cost Us?
To the Editor: Over $4,000,000,000 leaves N.H. annually to pay for energy. It’s a smart town that finds a better way. Take a useless plot of land—say, an old landfill—cover it with solar panels, and let the sun do the rest. If the sun produces more energy than you can use, the credit earned is “net metering,” paying the cost of putting up those panels. Your town saves hundreds of thousands—even millions—in energy bills. Those savings get passed on to you, the tax- and rate-payers. No wonder so many N.H. towns are considering net metering, or have invested money in designing plans, now shovel-ready. But …