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D. Maurice KreisPower to the People is a new column by D. Maurice Kreis, New Hampshire’s Consumer Advocate. Kreis and his staff of four represent the interests of residential utility customers before the NH Public Utilities Commission and elsewhere.
NEPOOL even features free food; there is always a lavish and tasty lunchtime buffet at all-day NEPOOL meetings. Except the food isn’t free; ultimately, it is paid for by the region’s electric customers.
News that these two utilities will institute rate proceedings this spring was not a surprise, but it is still a big deal.
It knows if you’ve been bad or good (e.g., whether you’ve been using a big light array to grow marijuana in the basement).
New Hampshire is currently ranked a dismal 21st when it comes to energy efficiency – last in the northeast.
Will participating customers succeed in saving money? We don’t know.
Travis Kavulla, an outspoken utility commissioner from Montana, put it succinctly the other day on Twitter. “Rate base is a hell of a drug,” he tweeted.
Should you be afraid for your wallet?
You literally have to go south of the Mason-Dixon Line to find a state with a worse ranking than NH.
The vote will be September 13 on whether to override the Governor’s veto Senate Bill 365.
How much will you save on your electric bill if Gov. Sununu’s veto stands?