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.
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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.
New Hampshire doesn’t care about who owns its public utilities. But maybe it should.
“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.
A pilot project with big implications.
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.
Now I intend to put that superpower to its test. And, in so doing, I am going to get right in the face of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
In fact, Liberty Utilities is asking the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to force customers to cover a $4 million error committed by its natural gas subsidiary in 2019 and 2020. And if you thought the flub committed by Eversource was a convoluted mess, wait till you get a load of this.
Once upon a time, I was general counsel of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). As the first line of a fairy tale, that lacks a certain zing. But times are tough, and I promise this story has a moral.
New Hampshire might be the tenth most expensive state when it comes to energy. Or maybe not.