Power to the People

After the Northern Pass Failure, Is It Time for ‘Rayno Regionalism’?

By D. MAURICE KREIS, Power to the People | July 29, 2019

Therefore, the pathway to the “true regional approach” is by getting the FERC to force ISO New England to be a more dynamic organization.

The dog ate my homework: How utilities avoid least-cost planning

By D. Maurice Kreis, Power to the People | June 27, 2019

Alas, 29 years later, the utilities are more or less ignoring the statute and the PUC is letting them get away with it.

As Rate Case Looms, Eversource Drops Two Glitter Bombs

By D. Maurice Kreis, NH Consumer Advocate | May 24, 2019

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.

The Anti-CWIP Law at 40: Still Used and Useful After All These Years

By D. MAURICE KREIS, Power to the People | May 6, 2019

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.

Rate Design: The Fun Phase of Any Rate Case

By D. Maurice Kreis, Power to the People | May 2, 2019

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.

NEPOOL wins, transparency and electric ratepayers lose, at the FERC

By D. MAURICE KREIS, Power to the People | April 11, 2019

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.