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New Hampshire’s consumer advocate has formally requested all three public utilities commissioners be disqualified from upcoming proceedings regarding the state’s Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan.The motion filed Friday by Consumer Advocate Donald...

In 2021, New Hampshire’s Public Utilities Commission sent the state’s energy utilities into turmoil: It approved a plan to slash funding for the “NHSaves” energy efficiency program down to 2017 levels, sparking an outcry and legal challenges from the...

With new ground rules on policy and rulemaking, ‘everything is precedent-setting’

In a little-known but powerful corner of state government, a fight is brewing.The Public Utilities Commission, which makes consequential energy decisions and regulates the state’s utilities, has opened several new investigations as a means of...

The Public Utilities Commission has opened several new investigations to gather information to shape policy. The move is also meant to address concerns that the body is not collaborative. But its investigations are facing pushback from advocates, the utilities, and even the Department of Energy.

The Public Utilities Commission, which makes consequential energy decisions and regulates the state’s utilities, has opened several new investigations as a means of gathering information to inform policy. The move is meant to address concerns that the body is not collaborative and indicates a new direction for the court-like entity. But its investigations are facing pushback from advocates, the utilities, and even the Department of Energy.

As electricity rates skyrocket in New Hampshire, the Public Utilities Commission is investigating whether there’s a cheaper way for utilities to purchase energy.Electric rates are going up across all four of the state’s utilities, but the New...

As electricity rates skyrocket in New Hampshire, the Public Utilities Commission is investigating whether there’s a cheaper way for utilities to purchase energy.

As electricity rates skyrocket in New Hampshire, the Public Utilities Commission is investigating whether there’s a cheaper way for utilities to purchase energy.