D. Maurice KreisEnergy
Ratepayers Stage a Ballroom Coup
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On November 30, the CLG held its most recent quarterly meeting at the Colonnade Hotel near the Prudential Center in Boston. There was plenty of food, as usual.
Business & Economy
Eversource Hits the Panic Button
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Joseph R. Nolan, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Eversource, received nearly $6.5 million in compensation last year. Or, at least, so says the 2022 annual proxy statement of the region’s biggest utility empire.
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.
Net Metering – Are Better Days Ahead?
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In this episode Don Kreis shares a whimsical story about how net metering began as well as a brief primer on the technology and why it is so important now that consumers consider the advantages of adding solar to their homes and businesses in light of skyrocketing electric rates.
Business & Economy
A Ratepayer and Taxpayer Success Story in Durham School
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If you think energy efficiency is an imaginary friend, visit Durham and ask any middle school kid you happen to find.
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Hydro-Québec to acquire 13 hydropower generating stations in New England
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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.
Business & Economy
Net Metering: This time, It Might Be Different
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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.
Will the Lights Stay on in N.H. This Winter?
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ISO New England is nervous, yet again, about whether the electricity grid will hold up if an extended cold snap stresses the available supply of natural gas. Meanwhile, electricity prices have gone haywire, as evidenced by the 22.6 cents per kilowatt-hour that Eversource has recently started charging its default energy service customers in New Hampshire.
Donald M. Kreis
Time as a Moral Illusion in the State Energy Strategy
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Reading the recently issued New Hampshire 10-Year State Energy Strategy made me think of my new hero, the free-market economist Tyler Cowen.
Business & Economy
Welcome To The Ugly Era of 22 Cent Electricity
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To paraphrase revolutionary pamphleteer Thomas Paine, these are the times that try ratepayers’ souls. The arrival of 22 cent electricity on August 1 in New Hampshire is the biggest and scariest energy-related news to hit the Granite State in 26 years.