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Consumer Advocate Calls for Investigation of N.H. Electric Cooperative
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Consumer Advocate Donald Kreis has formally asked the state’s utility regulators to conduct an investigation of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC).
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D. Maurice KreisPower to the People is a new 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.
Consumer Advocate Donald Kreis has formally asked the state’s utility regulators to conduct an investigation of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC).
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