Clock running out on bid to step up New Hampshire’s energy-efficiency efforts
It’s back to square one if new agreement isn’t OKd by Dec. 31
December 21, 2020
As New Hampshire increases its national energy-efficiency ranking, state regulators are still debating when and how much to increase rates – particularly among commercial/industrial customers – in order to step up conservation efforts.
At stake is the state’s three-year energy-efficiency plan, backed by utilities and environmentalists but opposed by the Business and Industry Association and Public Utilities Commission staff, which want to delay its implementation or cut it still more.
But the three-member PUC, which is the midst of holding hearings on the proposal, is trying to make a decision before the end of the year.