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What a year 2022 has been for the state’s beleaguered electric customers. Rates soared to astronomical levels – and now, you might conclude, our four utilities even managed to ruin Christmas for thousands and thousands of people.
Gov. Chris Sununu has been doing a deep dive into the exploding heat and energy costs looking at the region’s grid into the future, renewables, and said he believes that hydropower is one of the state’s best options for inexpensive, renewable energy.
In a bit of a pleasant surprise just in time for the holidays Eversource has filed a petition to decrease electric rates by 10.3 percent for its small customer group for six months beginning in February.
Despite concerns raised by farmers at a public hearing last week, the state’s Executive Council voted to approve the renomination of Shawn Jasper as the commissioner of agriculture for another five years on a vote of 3-1 with one abstention.
The New England regional electric system operator does not believe rolling blackouts will occur unless there is a prolonged cold snap this winter.
More money will be available to help expand broadband internet to unserved and underserved areas of the state after the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved using $65 million in federal funds for the work.
On November 30, the CLG held its most recent quarterly meeting at the Colonnade Hotel near the Prudential Center in Boston. There was plenty of food, as usual.
These findings are based on the latest Business and Industry Association (BIA) Report on Consumer Confidence, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Joseph R. Nolan, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Eversource, received nearly $6.5 million in compensation last year. Or, at least, so says the 2022 annual proxy statement of the region’s biggest utility empire.