Maggie Goodlander

Nothing like a room full of Granite Staters ready to get to work. Great to be with freedom-loving patriots from across New Hampshire at the Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner. 29 days to go — door by door, call by call, conversation by conversation. https://t.co/QFC3hJK6R2

We are who we are by way of memory — and our state will always remember what Dan MacDonald has done for us.🇺🇸 https://t.co/1naUTs4HD6

Granite Staters are speaking out and showing up — and that’s what gives me so much hope. 29 more days.🇺🇸 https://t.co/pMDsgybYr6

Proud to stand with Teamsters Local 633 and the thousands of hardworking Granite Staters they represent. I’ve got your back — and I’ll keep fighting for your right to organize, safe workplaces, and the benefits you’ve earned. https://t.co/1JbMaxzkfv

It was said of Eleanor Roosevelt that she would rather light a candle than curse the darkness. We could spend a lot of time cursing the darkness. Instead, we’ve got to keep speaking the truth and doing the work. In the Navy, we say: “Don’t give up the ship.” I know you won’t, and I won’t either.

The people of New Boston gave the new fire station a name: MacDonald Station.🚒 Dan MacDonald gave 42 years to the New Boston Fire Department, the last 23 as chief. He made the case for a new station year after year and never gave up. Even after retiring, he helped win the $9.2 million federal grant that built it. Forever grateful to Dan, to Marie, and to the entire MacDonald family for all you’ve given to New Boston, to our great state, and to our country. Service over self. Never give up. Your example will forever live on in every person who walks through these doors. 🇺🇸

There’s nothing quite like a New Hampshire’s Deerfield Fair—150 years of good people, great conversations, and a whole lot of community spirit. Grateful to all the folks who make the Deerfield Fair such a special tradition year after year. Thank you to my dear friend @PeteButtigieg for joining me in this New Hampshire tradition!

30 days. We’ve got to work like we’ve never worked before. For 250 years, Americans have been writing the greatest story freedom has ever written. Now it’s our turn to keep writing it together. I couldn’t be more grateful to be on this team with you. Let’s get to work. https://t.co/9IGecJ10BK

America belongs to We the People. People who love America can change America — a country where a fair deal and a level playing field are the deal. Where no one is above the law. And where, when hardship comes, we face it together. https://t.co/q61Bp4Bd3l

Yesterday in Langdon: Class of 2027, meet the Class of 2039. 🐾 At Fall Mountain Regional High School, seniors and kindergartners met at the 50-yard line for the 2nd Annual Passing of the Paw, as the oldest Wildcats welcomed the youngest to the 12-year journey they’ll share. Thank you to Principal Edmunds and to school counselor Kim Chandler, New Hampshire’s 2026 School Counselor of the Year, for this wonderful tradition. And thank you to the peer mentors, especially Olivia and Nate, for showing me around your truly amazing school. This is what makes New Hampshire public schools so special.

These are the sounds of skilled workers making things that matter, small businesses growing, and the next generation learning how to build our future. On #NationalManufacturingDay, I’m proud to celebrate the people who make it happen right here in the Granite State. https://t.co/W9EdyBclaQ

Dental care is primary health care — mission-critical health care. A toothache can keep a kid from learning, eating, sleeping, and smiling. Myra Nikitas and Mary Duquette’s Traveling Tooth Fairies bring free dental care to NH kids right at school. I’m grateful from the bottom of my heart to Myra and Mary and everyone who has stepped up to support them. Special thanks to our partners at the City of Nashua, Nashua School District, Northeast Delta Dental, and the Rotary Club of Nashua. You are changing lives for the better every day. 🦷

School year is in full swing in Nashua! 📚 I had a great time visiting Birch Hill Elementary, Brian S. McCarthy Middle School, and Nashua High School South to see firsthand the incredible work students, educators, and staff are doing every day. https://t.co/chlU3AbVjf

On National Manufacturing Day, I want to recognize the people who make things right here in New Hampshire. I’ve visited manufacturers across our state, and everywhere I go, I see the same thing: incredible workers, innovative small businesses, and a deep pride in making things that matter. Thank you to everyone who makes New Hampshire manufacturing something we can all be proud of.

This work is all about showing up for New Hampshire. I will always show up for you. https://t.co/lLTOf5I1Fg

New Hampshire’s small businesses are mission-critical to the safety and success of America‘s military and national security. It was truly energizing to be with members of @NHADEC_USA on our amazing Easterseals NH Military & Veterans Campus in Franklin yesterday. We talked about how we can work together to cut the red tape that keeps Granite State small businesses from doing business with the federal government and how we can and build a stronger defense industrial base for the servicemembers who count on it.

This proposed mega-merger would put every nuclear power plant in New England under one corporate roof. That’s too much power in too few hands. Federal regulators must look under every rock, test every promise, and block this deal if it would do what so many corporate mergers have done before: stick hardworking people with higher bills. I spent years taking on corporate monopolies at the Justice Department. I know a bad deal when I see one, and I will keep fighting to put New Hampshire ratepayers ahead of utility profits and lower your costs. https://t.co/bCPfcAMS0R

I’ve served in all three branches of government — I know it’s past time to clean house in the People’s House. Let’s get this done. https://t.co/mh1QTFlYlL

New Hampshire’s firefighters and first responders are being asked to do more and more with less and less year after year. I’m working every day to have your back in Congress and deliver what you need to do your life-saving work. Thank you to Chief Blanchette for hosting me at the Loudon Fire Department and bringing together mission-critical partners, including Capital Area Mutual Aid and @ConcordHospital to talk about urgent needs and real opportunities to keep Loudon and neighboring communities safe and thriving.

It was wonderful spending time with Aubrey Perry, the 2025 Miss New Hampshire Junior Preteen! Aubrey is already making a difference in her community — keep up the great work, Aubrey! https://t.co/Ai5LrTQ4ED

I’m the granddaughter of a Nashua Rotarian, so spending time with the Rotary Club of Nashua West felt especially meaningful. Thank you for the warm welcome, the great conversation, and most of all, for the way you show up for one another and for our community. Service above self is something our country needs more of.

I work for you. That means showing up, listening, and learning from the people of New Hampshire, then getting to work alongside you. It’s the honor of my life to do this job for you. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/HQ60lglOra

The best ideas that I get come from you. https://t.co/3vtap9LHOO

Goodlander is among the first Members of Congress in America to take the fight to lower utility costs before a public utilities commission. Goodlander secured full party status in this rate case — and helped persuade the NH PUC to take on the investor-owned utility’s service denials that sparked her involvement. Concord, N.H. — The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a written orderthis week granting a petition filed by Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander to intervene in Liberty Utilities’ rate case after Goodlander petitioned the PUC to intervene in this case last month. Following Goodlander’s advocacy, the PUC also agreed to take up Liberty’s decision to deny service to towns across the Lakes Region – identifying Liberty’s “moratorium” on new natural gas service in the Lakes Region as an issue that belongs in this PUC proceeding. It started with an abrupt decision by Liberty earlier this year to deny service to Lakes Region ratepayers, imposing significant delays on housing construction. In April, Goodlander convened local officials and affected stakeholders in Franklin and in June sent an oversight letter demanding answers from Liberty executives. Liberty has confirmed a permanent fix would require replacing the aging, 22-mile “High Line” pipeline serving the Lakes Region, a project Goodlander has spent months investigating. The utility committed to an interim solution with portable liquefied natural gas and Goodlander has continued pressing for a permanent solution and accountability. Liberty then asked the PUC to raise its annual operating revenues by more than $35.8 million; for a typical residential heating customer, that would mean a 16.54 percent increase — nearly $26 more every month — and a non-heating customer’s bill would rise more than $12, a 20.52 percent increase — according to Liberty’s own customer notice. On August 31, Goodlander petitioned the NH PUC to intervene. She made the case that the Commission should take up the service denials — and the Commission agreed. The NH PUC granted Goodlander’s petition to intervene from the bench and its written order explains that her participation is in the interest of justice and will help develop the record on important issues, finding that her background, knowledge, and interests will help build the record the Commission relies on. The Commission’s initial notice of issues did not list the moratorium. After Goodlander and others raised it and made the case, the Commission will now decide whether Liberty’s moratorium is legal and consistent with its tariffs, whether the underlying capacity problems can be resolved fairly for all ratepayers, and whether Liberty’s proposed temporary solution is legal and appropriate. As a full party, Goodlander is able to file testimony, press Liberty in discovery, and question its witnesses at hearings on behalf of constituents who are Liberty ratepayers, through final hearings scheduled for June and July 2027. It is a rare step. Goodlander is among the first Members of Congress in America to advocate for her constituents directly before a public utilities commission — bringing a federal lawmaker’s voice, and the experience of a former Justice Department antitrust lawyer who took on monopolies, into the forum where the utility costs Granite Staters are asked to pay are decided. New Hampshire’s Consumer Advocate Don Kreis has said he had never seen it before. He called it “pleasantly audacious.” “No utility should get to jack up rates while leaving New Hampshire families and small businesses wondering if they’ll even have service,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “When Liberty Utilities told people across our Lakes Region it would not serve them, I made the case that our Public Utilities Commission had to take a hard look at that, and I’m very encouraged that the Commission agreed. Granite Staters deserve answers, affordable bills, and reliable service, and I will use every tool I have to get them. When the people I represent are told ‘no,’ I will never watch from the sidelines.” ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND: Goodlander has made lower energy costs and investor-owned utility accountability a focus of her work in Congress: Goodlander urged the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission to reconsiderEversource’s approved 43.4 percent rate increase and helped introduce the Lowering Utility Bills Act to rein in excessive profits at investor-owned utilities. She introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to accelerate hydropower production and lower energy costs, launched a bipartisan Hydropower Caucus to do the same, and joined efforts to protect ratepayers from potentially costly utility transactions. Before taking office, Goodlander served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, where she took on corporate monopolies driving up costs for families and small businesses. ###

As Granite Staters face a more than 16% jump in electricity rates, Goodlander and 11 colleagues urge FERC to reject the $66.8 billion NextEra-Dominion deal unless the companies prove it won’t raise costs Concord, N.H. — Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), a former top antitrust official at the Justice Department, and a coalition of 11 of her congressional colleagues pressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this week to block the NextEra-Dominion merger unless the companies can prove it won’t drive up costs for families. The deal would create the world’s largest regulated electric utility and hand a single corporation control of Seabrook Station and New England’s only other nuclear power plant. For New Hampshire, the stakes could not be higher. The merger would put Seabrook and Connecticut’s Millstone plant under common ownership, giving one company control over roughly a quarter of New England’s electricity. In the lawmakers’ words, that would mean “considerable negotiating leverage over states and the ability to demand abusive terms at the expense of households.” And because neither company is a regulated utility in New Hampshire, the state’s Public Utilities Commission gets no say. FERC is the only regulator standing between Granite State families and a nuclear monopoly. Meanwhile, the $2.25 billion in bill credits NextEra is offering to win approval would go only to Dominion customers in Virginia and the Carolinas. Not one dollar would go to New Hampshire, which would shoulder the risk and get none of the reward. Granite Staters can’t afford it. Residential electricity rates in New Hampshire jumped more than 16% over the past year, according to the Energy Information Administration’s July data. Goodlander’s advocacy comes as governors from five New England states have sounded the alarm and called for “the highest level of scrutiny” of the deal. “Granite Staters are already getting crushed by the cost of energy, and no utility giant should get a blank check to get even bigger on their backs,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “This deal would put Seabrook and every other nuclear plant in New England under one corporate roof, and New Hampshire wouldn’t get a single vote on it. That’s too much power in too few hands. Federal regulators must look under every rock, test every promise, and block this deal if it would do what so many corporate mergers have done before: stick families with higher bills. I spent years taking on corporate monopolies at the Justice Department. I know a bad deal when I see one, and I will keep fighting to put New Hampshire ratepayers ahead of utility profits.” The $66.8 billion deal would be the fourth-largest merger of all time, creating a company worth $420 billion. “Our fundamental concern is that this new entity will be both a gigantic power generator and a gigantic power-providing utility,” the lawmakers wrote. They warn that combining two major regulated utility businesses with extensive electricity-generation assets could allow the merged company to favor affiliates, shift costs to captive ratepayers, weaken competition in power markets, and discourage transmission investments that would bring lower-cost power into New England and other regions. Under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act, FERC may approve the transaction only if it is consistent with the public interest and does not pose a risk of harmful cross-subsidization. The letter calls on the Commission to evaluate the merger’s effects on competition, rates, regulation, transmission development, and regulated utility assets across all affected regions, including ISO New England. The lawmakers urge FERC to deny the application unless NextEra and Dominion demonstrate that the deal will have no adverse effect – now or in the future – on competition, rates, or regulation, and to remain skeptical of alleged mitigating conditions that have historically failed to protect consumers in past acquisitions. “If the present record is insufficient to make those findings,” they wrote, “the Commission should deny the application.” NextEra has already shown New Hampshire how far it will go to protect its profits, and it did so from Seabrook. In their joint statement, the five New England states pointed to NextEra’s “history of using its already considerable resources to obstruct new transmission infrastructure projects that New England needs.” The New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project was designed to deliver low-cost Quebec hydropower to ISO New England, and NextEra’s Seabrook nuclear plant and oil-fired generation stood to lose significant revenue as a result. NextEra subsequently spent more than $20 million in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the project, in order to deny a competing low-cost resource access to the market. When the company delayed upgrades at Seabrook needed to connect the line, FERC ordered it to act, and a federal appeals court upheld that order in 2024. “This isn’t a merger. It’s NextEra buying control of a state-granted monopoly and paying a multibillion-dollar premium for the privilege, and ratepayers shouldn’t be stuck with that bill,” said Marissa P. Gillett, Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and former Chair of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. “NextEra has promised customer protections to win approval before, in Hawaii and Texas, and regulators rejected both deals. The law puts the burden on the companies to prove this deal won’t raise rates or weaken competition. Bill credits and paper commitments don’t meet that burden. Congresswoman Goodlander and her colleagues are right to hold FERC to that standard.” A copy of the letter is available HERE. ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND: Goodlander has made lowering energy and utility costs a central part of her work in Congress: Taking on utility rate hikes and monopoly power: Goodlander filed a petition to intervene in Liberty Utilities’ pending rate case, called on the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission to reconsider Eversource’s 43.4 percent rate increase, and helped introduce the Lowering Utility Bills Act to rein in excessive profits by investor-owned utilities. Expanding affordable, reliable power: Goodlander introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to accelerate hydropower production and lower energy costs and has championed bipartisan legislation to support upgrades at existing hydroelectric facilities, strengthen grid reliability, and lower costs. Demanding utility accountability: Goodlander pressed Liberty Utilities for answers after the company refused new gas connections in the Lakes Region and has urged FERC to crack down on utilities’ attempts to overcharge customers. Bringing antitrust experience to Congress: Before Congress, Goodlander served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, where she took on corporate monopolies driving up costs for families and small businesses. ###