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Alyse Galvin

228:58 - 229:44

"When we heard more information from Glenfarn and particularly John Sims from NSTAR, it kind of helped us better articulate to our constituents what they have been wanting to hear, and that is due to cost overruns or other things unknowns, we weren't able to put into on paper that sense of security"

“When we heard more information from Glenfarn and particularly John Sims from NSTAR, it kind of helped us better articulate to our constituents what they have been wanting to hear, and that is due to cost overruns or other things unknowns, we weren't able to put into on paper that sense of security”
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June 8, 2026

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Okay, House Finance back on record at 2:44 PM on Monday, June 8th. And next up on the list, I had Representative Galvin. Well, thank you, uh, Co-Chair Foster. Through the chair, uh, I just wanted to thank Co-chair Josephson for getting this on paper for us. When we heard more information from Glenfarn and particularly John Sims from NSTAR, it kind of helped us better articulate to our constituents what they have been wanting to hear, and that is due to cost overruns or other things unknowns, we weren't able to put into on paper that sense of security.

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