A key regulatory panel is taking the first step to potentially reverse a controversial decision which allowed Eversource, the state’s largest energy provider, to raise its fees and change its ratemaking process.

In an order issued Monday, the Public Utilities Commission agreed to rehear the issue, after requests from the Office of the Consumer Advocate, the state chapter of AARP and the state Department of Energy in late August.

“It's a positive development,” said Don Kreis, the state’s consumer advocate. “It suggests that the commission is willing to rethink at least some of the determinations that it made.”

The commission has requested additional information from consumer advocate groups to better understand the impacts of the rate raises on New Hampshire residents.

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