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What’s the deal with default energy service? By Michael J. Crouse
Have you ever flipped your light switch on and thought, gee, I wonder where my electricity comes from? How come electricity costs s...
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March 03, 2023
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Salutations!
My name is Michael J. Crouse. I am the new staff attorney at the New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate (“OCA”). We are big proponents of transparency, education, and community ...
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March 02, 2023
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Today I received a media inquiry from a reporter in Boston, reading:
"I'm working on a story about competitive/alternative electricity suppliers for residential customers in Massachusetts and am ho...
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February 28, 2023
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What is the most powerful but little-known organization in New England -- the one that runs our electricity grid, oversees wholesale electricity trading, and operates our high-voltage interstate trans...
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February 24, 2023
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Capital strikes, according to a 2018 article in the academic journal Politics and Society, are a “powerful, strategic, and routine basis of business’s political power.”
What’s a capital strike? &nb...
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February 22, 2023
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Please be advised that on February 24, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. there will be an initial meeting of the Residential Ratepayers Advisory Board's Subcommittee to Evaluate the Performance of the Consumer Advoca...
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February 22, 2023