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The Water Smells: A David and Goliath Story
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Her friendly neighborhood investor-owned water company, Abenaki, is seeking a whopping big rate increase of 427 percent.
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.
Energy
Update: A Megawatt Mea Culpa from the Consumer Advocate
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Residential ratepayers of New Hampshire, as the person tasked by statute with advancing your interests, I have made a colossal blunder. Please accept my apology, along with the following explanation.
Bob Backus
A Shakespearian Moment for New Hampshire Energy Policy
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Creating a state Department of Energy is a great idea, and not just for the reasons Bob Backus pursued it so quixotically.
Energy
Opinion: The Potential Effects of Global Warming
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We must not be lulled into thinking that the world as we experience it now can dependably inform us as to what is likely to happen in the near future. If our species is to survive, we must trust the science.
Business & Economy
Police Reform Bill Finds Bipartisan Support
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Judges could receive annual implicit bias training and a state pool of funds could be developed for local police body and dashboard cameras under a bill now being considered at the State House.
Energy
Sen. Bradley Bill Will Increase Broadband Access in NH
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The Senate Commerce Committee today heard a bi-partisan bill aimed at increasing broadband access across the state and reducing coverage gaps in rural areas.
Consumer advoate
This Revolution Will Probably Not Be Televised
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Power to the People is a 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.
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.