The rates are too damn high.

The NH Public Utilities Commission issued its decision in the Eversource rate case in August, which raised the “minimum bill” that every customer pays to $19 a month, and included an automatic $2 per year increase with no limit on how high your bill will go. In the following weeks, we had a full news cycle of finger-pointing and blame-gaming. The Democrats had a press call where they blamed Gov. Kelly Ayotte and her PUC chair for the high rates, and senior Republicans responded with an op-ed that essentially defended the utilities’ costs and said we should “keep the legislators and regulators that we have.” Clearly not pleased with the decision, Ayotte has taken this opportunity to begin a search for a new PUC commissioner .

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