A bill that passed the New Hampshire Senate earlier this year proposes something that might sound familiar: funneling millions from the Renewable Energy Fund, designed to finance investment in green projects statewide, into the general fund. That was one of the many provisions of last year’s biennial budget trailer bill, House Bill 2, which was […]

Christopher Ellms, former deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Energy, was confirmed by the New Hampshire Executive Council Wednesday to serve as the new chairman of the Public Utilities Commission.  Ellms will lead the three-member body, which functions like a court to regulate the state’s utilities, issuing orders on utility expenditures and proposed […]