Author: D. Maurice Kreis

The silence of utilities is deafening

Their modest energy-efficiency efforts are simply not good enough

A lame NH rallying cry: ‘We’re number 20!’

Yes, NH has moved up one notch on the energy efficiency scorecard

Rate design: the fun phase of any rate case

How regulators try to reconcile competing policy imperatives

Just another routine day for NH ratepayers

True, the state’s Site Evaluation Committee dropped a bombshell on Feb. 1 by taking a surprise unanimous vote to reject Eversource’s Northern Pass transmission project and then suspending its public deliberations before even reaching all of the issues the SEC…

A Northern Pass ratepayer victory

Anatomy of a deal over the project’s transmission corridor

Truths and tales about electricity

When lawmakers ask, ‘How dire is NH’s energy situation?’ the answer can be bewildering

Mr. Quinlan: tear down this wall

Resting comfortably, in a manila folder in my office, is an intriguing and much-talked-about document. Unfortunately, I cannot show it to you. Entitled “Power Purchase Agreement by and between Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy as Buyer…

It’s ratepayers who pay utilities’ property taxes

Inflated local assessments unjustly drive up energy bills

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Saint Anselm College dedicates $35 million nursing school building

Meet Samii, the mannequin who is bedridden in the AI Simulation Lab, one of the drawing cards to the new $32 million home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saint Anselm College.

Renewable energy is a smart business strategy

Despite shifting policies and regulatory headwinds, behind-the-meter solar remains one of the most cost-effective and quickly deployable solutions to control energy expenses.

Derry, Salem methadone clinics under investigation

Two for-profit methadone clinics in Derry and Salem are under investigation as part of a statewide initiative looking into unnecessary barriers patients might face when seeking treatment for opioid addiction.

Exeter residents file lawsuit against RiverWoods

More than 100 residents are suing the town and RiverWoods over a proposed “massive” health care facility they say would disrupt the character of their neighborhood.

Trump tariffs add to woes for coffee shops

Rising tariffs on Brazilian coffee beans are squeezing Concord’s Brothers Cortado, driving costs up and margins down

Man Counting College Savings Fund, Tuition Fee Or Student Loan W

Amid Claremont crisis, Pittsfield school district works to dig out of its own million-dollar hole

As a crippling financial crisis uncovered in recent weeks in Claremont makes headlines, Pittsfield, too, is reckoning with a budget shortfall of more than a million dollars as a new school year gets underway. Pittsfield’s deficit, discovered early this year, is roughly $1.8…