State of New Hampshire Wood Fired Power Plants
PSNH Buyout of Wood-Fired Power Plants
Facility Name		Town
Bio Energy, Inc.		Hopkinton
Alexandria Power		Alexandria
Timco		Barnstead
Whitefield Power and Light		Whitefield
Facilites that Closed following Termination of their Rate Order Contracts
Facility Name		Town
Bridgewater Power		Ashland
Hemphill Power and Light		Springfield
Pinetree Power		Tamworth
Pinetree Power		Bethlehem
In November 2002, New Hampshire Enery Plan (http://www.nhecs.org/nhep/plan.html)
section 8.2.5 highlights these eight wood-fired power plants. Independent analysis of
the economics of these facilities completed for the New Hamsphire Deparment of
Resources and economic development in 2001, as well as market experience with
facilities following the termination of rate orders, show that these facilities do not
operate economically in a fully competitive environment. The five operating wood fired
power plants, which include the PSNH buyout facilites as well as Hemphill Power and
Light, have a combined output of approximately 77.6 MW, and consume around 1.1
million green tons of wood each year.