D. Maurice KreisFeature
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Electric Rates in NH
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Why are electric rates so high?
Business & Economy
A lame rallying cry NH: ‘We’re Number 20!’
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Yes, New Hampshire has moved up one notch since the release 2018 ACEEE scorecard. But New Hampshire remains dead last in New England.
Energy
Granite Bridge is a bridge too far
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With the exception of Liberty itself and the labor union representing its employees, every single party to the case that filed testimony, including the Staff of the PUC, has now declared its opposition to the plan to spend more than $400 million and build these new assets.
Business & 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.
Business & Economy
After the Northern Pass Failure, Is It Time for ‘Rayno Regionalism’?
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Therefore, the pathway to the “true regional approach” is by getting the FERC to force ISO New England to be a more dynamic organization.
Business & Economy
The dog ate my homework: How utilities avoid least-cost planning
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Alas, 29 years later, the utilities are more or less ignoring the statute and the PUC is letting them get away with it.
Energy
As Rate Case Looms, Eversource Drops Two Glitter Bombs
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Eversource plans to make its big rate case filing next week at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), so the company spent this past week dropping two big and distracting glitter bombs.
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.