D. Maurice KreisBusiness & Economy
Let’s Do Grid Modernization NASA-Style
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Every so often, even amid the damp grey fog of utility regulation, a blinding flash of insight strikes.
Energy
The Anti-CWIP Law at 40: Still Used and Useful After All These Years
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Anti-CWIP was the issue that catapulted Hugh Gallen to an upset victory in the 1978 gubernatorial election that ousted three-term incumbent Meldrim Thomson.
Energy
Rate Design: The Fun Phase of Any Rate Case
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You can read James C. Bonbright’s famous treatise, Principles of Public Utility Rates, of more than 400 pages. Or take D. Maurice Kreis’s word for it. Hmm.
Business & Economy
NEPOOL wins, transparency and electric ratepayers lose, at the FERC
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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.
Energy
Eversource and Liberty to Regulators: Send Money
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News that these two utilities will institute rate proceedings this spring was not a surprise, but it is still a big deal.
Education
NH Electric Customers Should Demand Their Data
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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).
Business & Economy
Ten NH Utility Ratepayer Resolutions for 2019
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New Hampshire is currently ranked a dismal 21st when it comes to energy efficiency – last in the northeast.
Coming Attractions: Batteries and Time-Varying Rates, at Last
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Will participating customers succeed in saving money? We don’t know.
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A Hard Lesson about Love and Public Utilities in NH
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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.
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Trick or Treat Day on the New England Electric Grid
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Should you be afraid for your wallet?