Feature
Blameworthy Characters: Three Well-Paid Electricity Titans Worth Watching
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As New Hampshire emerges from a long winter of ratepayer discontent, the hunt for blameworthy characters continues. Here are some nominations.
Feature
The Electricity Nightmare Before Christmas
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Second, when real-time prices soar to these heights it means something is wrong with the bulk power transmission system and there is danger of rolling blackouts or, worse, an uncontrolled system failure.
Energy
Thanks for Saving Christmas, Utility Line Workers
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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.
Business & Economy
How Utilities Make Profits in NH
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As natural gas and, especially, electric rates have soared in recent months there is widespread concern that utilities, their shareholders, and their executives are profiting handsomely at the expense of struggling ratepayers.
Alec O'Meara
PUC Approves 112 Percent Increase in Power Supply Costs for Eversource Customers
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Acknowledging the financial impact to New Hampshire consumers is a “significant concern,” the state’s Public Utilities Commission nonetheless approved a six-month, 112 percent increase in the kilowatt-hour cost of electricity for the state’s largest utility as had been feared and expected.
Al-Azad Iqbal
A Peek Beneath the Hood of a Utility Rate Case
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If there is a fundamental truth that applies to ratepayer advocacy, it is this: The customer has the only wallet in the room.
Business & Economy
Meet the Monopoly Smashers of the ‘Local Government Coalition’
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Ever so quietly, a battle for the soul of New Hampshire’s electricity grid is raging.