Affordability and Utility Accountability in Maine and New Hampshire
Why can’t we have nice things?
That’s my reaction, in a nutshell, as New Hampshire’s ratepayer advocate, to a remarkable development on October 14 from across the Piscataqua River. A coalition of four reform-minded nonprofits with an interest in energy — Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), the Natural Resources Council of Maine, Acadia Center, and Our Power — issued a detailed 59-page blueprint entitled “A Governor’s Agenda for Energy Affordability and Utility Accountability in Maine.”
Yeah, I know. Another white paper. Yawn?
Not this time. Though we in New Hampshire are awaiting the results of the upcoming election to figure out whether we are getting a new Governor, Mainers already know that Gov. Janet Mills leaves office in January because of term limits. So the four groups — two of which (CLF and Acadia Center) also have a presence here in New Hampshire — decided there was no need to pause before putting out a big and bold call for advances in the public utility realm given that affordability (alongside the national freak-out about data centers and artificial intelligence) looms so large in the public consciousness.
To read the full article from Donald Maurice Kreis, click here.