New Hampshire Leads Bipartisan Effort to Secure the Grid!
Bipartisanship Still Exists in New Hampshire
Back in 2019, Representative Kat McGhee met with a constituent in Milford New Hampshire. The constituent was concerned about the threats to the electric grid and the lack of transparency in the regulatory system. (Yup. It was me.) After considering her constituent’s concerns, Rep. McGhee wrote a letter to the federal government on behalf of her constituent. She listened to her constituent’s concern and took action. She won my vote.
Also, back in 2019, Rita Mattson attended a presentation at the home of a prominent New Hampshire patriot, the late Augusta Patrone. There, Rita first met members of the Secure the Grid Coalition. After hearing them speak about the threats to the electric grid, she decided to do something about it. Among other things, she ran for office and was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
It was the New Hampshire delegation to the National Council of State Legislators who proposed a resolution on protecting the grid from EMP and GMD. The Resolution passed unanimously. It was this resolution which inspired the S.A.V.E. Transformers Act.
Fast forward to 2026. Kat McGhee and Rita Mattson – both on the House Committee on Science, Technology and Energy – Co-Sponsored the S.A.V.E. Transformers Act, (“Survey All Vulnerable Electric Transformers Act.”) HB 1723. The Committee held a hearing in which LTC Tommy Waller of STG testified as to the danger of EMP and GMD to the grid. Interestingly, the utilities testified that their solution to the GMD problem is “load-shed.” In other words, shutting down the entire grid, leaving hospitals, fire departments, citizens and businesses without power. That has never been done before and there are real questions about whether it would even work.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed the S.A.V.E. Transformers Act, and the bill now heads to the New Hampshire Senate.
But New Hampshire did not stop there. Representative Mattson got 54 signatures of legislators, Executive Councilors and former U.S. Senators on a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of the Secure the Grid Coalition complaint in docket number EL26-49-000.
The filing urges the Commission to carefully consider the merits of the complaint and protect the grid from ground induced currents from GMD and E3 HEMP:
“We are bipartisan state legislators who are so concerned about the inadequacy of NERC standard TPL-007 in protecting the grid from space weather or E3 HEMP, we sponsored state level legislation to begin to address the lack of protection of the components of New Hampshire’s electric grid. (New Hampshire HB1723.)”
Politicians working across the aisle. Imagine that. Well, folks. Bipartisanship is alive and well in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire House recognizes that the security of the electric grid impacts everyone. Republicans and Democrats will suffer equally if the grid security problem is not fixed.
What a great example for the rest of the country.
Here are the names of the 54 public servants who took action to secure the grid (Those designated with “*” are members of the Committee on Science, Technology and Energy):
*Rita Mattson, NH State Representative
*Kat McGhee, NH State Representative
*Doug Thomas, NH State Representative
*Jeanine Notter, NH State Representative
*Michael Harrington, NH State Representative
*Michael Vose, NH State Representative
*John Schneller, NH State Representative
Jonah Wheeler, NH State Representative
*JD Bernardy, NH State Representative
*Tom Ploszaj, NH State Representative
*Matt Sabourin dit Choiniere, NH State Representative
Joseph J Barton, NH State Representative
Rick Devoid, NH State Representative
James Qualey, NH State Representative
Jose’ Eduardo Cambrils, NH State Representative
Keith Ammon, NH Representative
Melissa Litchfield, NH State Representative
Lori Korzen, NH State Representative
Judy Aron, NH State Representative
Tonya Donnelly, NH State Representative
Brian Labrie, NH State Representative
Rich Nalevanko, NH State Representative
Barbra Comtios, NH State Representative
Sly Karazinski, NH State Representative
Michael Moett, NH State Representative
Brian Cole, NH State Representative
Mike Drago, NH State Representative
Henry R.Giasson III, NH State Representative
George Grant, NH State Representative
James Spillane, NH State Representative
Kristine Perez, NH State Representative
Lisa Post, NH State Representative
Joe Janigian, NH State Representative
Jim Kofalt, NH State Representative
Kevin Scully, NH State Representative
Marie Louise Bjelobrk, NH State Representative
Mary Murphy, NH State Representative
Adam Presa, NH State Representative
James Tierney, NH State Representative
Michael Aron, NH State Representative
Cyril Aures, NH State Representative
Jim Creighton, NH State Representative
Richi’ Colcombe, NH State Representative
Tom Ploszaj, NH State Representative
Margaret Drye, NH State Representative
Skip Rollins, NH State Representative
Wayne Hemingway, NH State Representative
Scott Breyer, NH State Representative
Daniel McQuire, NH State Representative
John Stephen, NH Executive Councilor
Dave Wheeler, NH Executive Councilor
Scott Brown, Former U.S.Senator
John E. Sununu, Former U.S.Senator
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