D. Maurice KreisAri Peskoe
Federal Energy Regulator to New Hampshire: Live Free or Die
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James Danly deserves to be a celebrity in New Hampshire. This column aims to make it so.
What Your Utility Has in Common with My Dad’s ’67 Pontiac
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For a family car, depreciation is pretty straightforward – at least in concept. The Vista Cruiser had a useful life of eight years. So, the way to pay for the next car would be to include, in the annual family budget, one eighth of the purchase price of the 1967 Pontiac. Then, at the end of the eight years, there would be money in the bank to replace the station wagon.
Business & Economy
The PUC Takes Us Back to 1922
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Sometimes, in my exasperation, I have been known to complain that New Hampshire’s public utilities are mired in the year 1955. But it turns out that maybe I should be grateful these companies are as evolved as they are.
Algonquin Power & Utilities
Eversource, BlackRock, and You
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New Hampshire doesn’t care about who owns its public utilities. But maybe it should.
Uncategorized
Mozart Fanboy Meets Energy Justice
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“Energy justice requires that equity be part of energy policy.” So, declares Shalanda H. Baker, a professor of law, public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University, in her 2021 book Revolutionary Power.
Brian Callnan
PSU and NH Electric Coop Launch Pilot Vehicle to Grid Project
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A pilot project with big implications.
Donald M. Kreis
Secret Pole Deal Looms at the PUC
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As with any deals of this magnitude, there are a few sticky details. For one thing, you don’t actually get 175,393 pieces of wood – you’ll take title to 3,844 of them, along with a 50 percent interest in 343,098 others. The other half belongs to Eversource.
Business & Economy
Utility Regulation, Coen Brothers Style
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In visual terms, the most memorable thing about Fargo was the sight of Steve Buscemi’s dismembered body being fed into a tree chipper. It wasn’t exactly heartwarming family entertainment.
Energy
State Consumer Advocate Appeals PUC’s Energy Efficiency Ruling
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The state Consumer Advocate appealed the Public Utilities Commission’s earlier order rejecting a new three-year energy efficiency plan to the state Supreme Court Wednesday.
Business & Economy
Our ‘Precarious’ Grid: Trouble This Winter With Rolling Blackouts?
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You don’t need a Kremlinologist to understand my perspective on these things in my capacity as the state’s official advocate for residential utility customers. Rolling blackouts are a small but real possibility this winter.