Legal Opinion
New Hampshire Water Resources Council v. Steels Pond Hydro, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 30, 2004No. Nos. 2003-669; 2003-689PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDalianis, J.
In these, consolidated cases, the plaintiff, New Hampshire Water Resources Council (WRC), appeals decisions of the Superior Court (Fitzgerald, J.) granting summary judgment to the defendants, Steels Pond Hydro, Inc. (Steels Pond) and Pittsfield Hydropower Company, Inc. (Pittsfield Hydro). We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.
The WRC owns the Steels Pond Dam and the Pittsfield Mill Dam, and leases one to each defendant. The defendants use the dams for hydroelectricity production. The WRC entered into fifty-year lease agreements with Pittsfield Hydro in 1981, and with Steels Pond in…
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