Rep. Goodlander demands transparency from Liberty Utilities
Goodlander asked Liberty Utilities to explain its natural gas service moratorium and address its effects on local communities.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe Concord Monitor is an established regional newspaper with a named reporter and a clear local-news focus. The brief report provides limited sourcing and does not include Liberty Utilities' response.
- Source type — Established local newspaper reporting on a regional issue.
- Author attribution — A named reporter is identified, with contact information.
- Editorial standards — The publication appears to operate as a conventional newsroom, though this short article offers little evidence about its practices.
- Source diversity — The report includes Goodlander's statements but no response from Liberty Utilities.
The article gives a concrete account of the service moratorium and its reported local effects, with Goodlander's request and remarks attributed to her. It is brief and lacks Liberty Utilities' perspective or additional evidence about the capacity issue.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The report includes Goodlander's criticism and residents' concerns but does not provide Liberty Utilities' explanation or response to the allegations.
- Counterarguments presented — No response from Liberty Utilities is included.
- Source diversity — The account mainly presents Goodlander's perspective and reported effects on local development.
- Opinion vs reporting — The article is written as news and attributes evaluative claims to Goodlander.
The article uses a straightforward local-news frame and attributes its critical description of Liberty Utilities to Goodlander. The report does not clearly adopt a partisan position.
- Language tone — The reporter's narration is restrained; sharper language appears in attributed quotations.
- Framing — The story centers on Goodlander's request and the reported local effects of the service moratorium.
- Source selection — Goodlander is quoted, while Liberty Utilities is not represented in the article.
Rep. Maggie Goodlander asked Liberty Utilities to explain its decision to stop accepting new natural gas customers in the Lakes Region. She said the service moratorium has affected local development and that residents and businesses deserve answers.
Goodlander requested greater transparency in a letter to Liberty Utilities after residents and municipal officials learned that the company could not add new natural gas customers because of capacity limits. Home buyers said the moratorium had not been adequately communicated to them.
Goodlander said she heard from local officials, residents, developers and clean-energy stakeholders at an April 7 meeting in Franklin. She said the moratorium had halted Franklin downtown development and a Laconia housing project, and pledged to keep seeking answers and solutions from Liberty.
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