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Blameworthy Characters: Three Well-Paid Electricity Titans Worth Watching
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As New Hampshire emerges from a long winter of ratepayer discontent, the hunt for blameworthy characters continues. Here are some nominations.
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As New Hampshire emerges from a long winter of ratepayer discontent, the hunt for blameworthy characters continues. Here are some nominations.
Unitil Corporation, (Unitil.com), a provider of natural gas and electricity to customers in New England, recently released its 2022 “Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Report” to outline the steps the company is taking to meet its long-term commitment to creating a greener future.
By signing on to the Zellem Report, the three PUC commissioners have now fatally compromised their impartiality and, I respectfully suggest, must disqualify themselves from ruling on the Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan the utilities are scheduled to file in July.
Second, when real-time prices soar to these heights it means something is wrong with the bulk power transmission system and there is danger of rolling blackouts or, worse, an uncontrolled system failure.
What a year 2022 has been for the state’s beleaguered electric customers. Rates soared to astronomical levels – and now, you might conclude, our four utilities even managed to ruin Christmas for thousands and thousands of people.
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.
If you think energy efficiency is an imaginary friend, visit Durham and ask any middle school kid you happen to find.
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.
The state’s largest utility Eversource argued before the Public Utilities Commission Tuesday to increase its rate as New Hampshire electric consumers brace for bills going up by about 50 percent for at least the next six months.