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Coverage specific to energy matters.
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.
If you think energy efficiency is an imaginary friend, visit Durham and ask any middle school kid you happen to find.
On Thursday, Gov. Chris Sununu announced that the first of multiple electric vehicle charging station grant contracts, which will total approximately $4.6 million in grant awards, will come before the Executive Council next week.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec has entered into an agreement to acquire Great River Hydro, LLC, which owns 13 hydropower generating stations with a total installed capacity of 589 megawatts along New England’s Connecticut and Deerfield rivers in the states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
It was, at times, a fiery exchange between the two gubernatorial candidates on issues of how to steer the state on issues of the economy, a new abortion law, taxation, education choice, and leadership during COVID-19.
Top House Republicans explained their support for two new state fuel and electric assistance programs at a news conference Thursday and blamed the problem of high heat and electric prices on the Democrats in Washington.
To help heat homes and pay electric bills for thousands this winter, $35 million in state funds were approved by the state’s Executive Council Tuesday to help, following quick legislative action on the issue last month.
As a result, for a customer using 600 kWh per month, this would be an increase of $94.85 per month or 76.9 percent higher than current bills.
There is something about spinning your electric meter backwards (metaphorically, if you have a digital meter) that captures the imagination and, in some circles, inspires outrage.