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Acadia Center Co-Leads Joint Comments and Reply Comments on Rate Design and Customer Affordability

DPU 25-200 Joint Comments of Climate EE & Consumer Advocates

DPU 25-200 Joint Reply Comments of Climate EE & Consumer Advocates 5.14

Recommendations to current rate design to improve affordability and utility cost-control incentives include:

Moving reconciling charges into base distribution rates
limiting cost deferrals beyond authorized budgets
phased rate increases, as needed
requiring or rewarding improved system utilization (and disincentivizing unnecessary capital spending)
utilization and integration of AMI data into utility and 3rd party practice
TOU rates paired with protections for low-income ratepayers
basic service procurement reform
an evaluation of the feasibility of Totex or other Capex-Opex equalization measures
long-term decarbonization planning for the gas system
additional GSEP reform
ROE reform, including investigation competitive direct equity as a potential means of gaining market insight into the true cost of capital

Acadia Center Submits Comments Regarding Data Centers in Maine

Acadia Center Data Center Comments Maine

Promoting Intervenor Support in Rhode Island

June 2026 – Providence, RI – In the 2026 legislative session, Acadia Center testified in support of the Equitable Participation in Utility Regulation Act to establish an intervenor compensation program before the House Corporations Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee. The attached one-pager provides an overview of the bill (H7890, S2727) and proposal for an intervenor support program. Article 11 of the enacted Fiscal Year 2027 Budget includes a requirement that the Public Utilities Commission explore and make recommendations for creation of an intervenor compensation program.

Acadia Center RI Intervenor Compensation One-Pager

S2727 Intervenor Compensation Acadia Center Support

H7890 Intervenor Compensation Acadia Center Support

2025 Intervenor Testimony