Posts by Donald M. Kreis
PURPA was a great idea in its day, but perpetuating its approach to fuel diversity in the electric industry would amount to using a 1978 solution to address a 2018 problem.Â
With a critical swing vote soon to be lost, reading last week’s majority opinion is enough to make you gather up the torches and pitchforks and head for Washington.
What NEPOOL is voting on Tuesday would allow journalists to attend NEPOOL meetings upon payment of $5,000 per year. That’s certain to deter serious energy journalists who know why NEPOOL matters. Even if their budgets allowed for such expenditures, journalism ethics generally preclude paying for access.
The PUC is expected to rule in the next few days. I hope the Commission approves the decoupling deal we struck with Liberty Utilities. If it does, I’ll be treating myself to a burger at Five Guys.
This is both Sunshine Week and Energy Week in New Hampshire – a very happy confluence.
While we are all working on our individual tax returns, there are some important developments brewing on the taxation front with respect to public utilities.  They all come down to this ineluctable reality:  Utilities don’t pay taxes, ratepayers do.
It may not matter how the Superior Court rules on Doe’s claim that she is entitled to prevent the Lottery Commission from revealing her real name. Transparency seems likely to suffer a critical blow.
Northern Pass, if built, would be a giant extension cord. Its purpose is to deliver 1090 megawatts of hydroelectric power generated in faraway parts of Quebec to consumers in Massachusetts.
So, even though the grid didn’t fail when the temperatures went negative, that sensation from watching electricity markets – the one that falls somewhere between curiosity and panic – well, it’s still there. This is no time to roll over and go back to bed.
At last week’s hearing, we joined the utility and the Staff of the PUC in asking the Commission to approve Liberty’s proposal. As a famous euphemism would have it: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?