D. Maurice KreisComing 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?
Energy
Musings on Energy Efficiency Mediocrity: NH’s Number 21!
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You literally have to go south of the Mason-Dixon Line to find a state with a worse ranking than NH.
Business & Economy
NH’s SB 365 Override: A View from the Gulch As Controversy Rages On
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The vote will be September 13 on whether to override the Governor’s veto Senate Bill 365.
Energy
SB 365: A great idea for NH Electric Consumers … in 1978
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How much will you save on your electric bill if Gov. Sununu’s veto stands?
A very friendly ‘no’ from federal energy regulators is bad news for consumers
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Cost-of-service rate treatment is exactly what we supposedly got away from by restructuring the electric industry to eliminate old-fashioned, vertically integrated utility monopolies. The parade of generators begging for a return to the good old days could well include facilities like Seabrook, Merrimack and Schiller stations.
Energy
Sunshine is the best disinfectant for secrecy at New England Power Pool
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What NEPOOL is voting on Tuesday would allow journalists to attend NEPOOL meetings upon payment of $5,000 per year.
Business & Economy
Retail electricity in New Hampshire: Buyer Beware
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But New Hampshire’s electric customers have paid dearly for restructuring – by my rough count, about $1 billion in so-called “stranded” costs. This money went to the former monopoly utilities to make them whole after being forced to sell off their generation assets to companies like Exelon.
Justice Souter Is Still a Ratepayer’s Rock Star 30 Years Later in PSNH Case
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The date was August 5, 1988. Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) had recently declared bankruptcy, the first electric utility in the U.S. to do that since the Great Depression. The crushing debt and massive cost overruns associated with the Seabrook nuclear power plant had sucked PSNH dry.