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If you hired someone to mow your lawn for a fixed price, you paid them, but then they only did 68 percent of the work, what would you do? If a mowed lawn were essential to your safety and securi...
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Nathan Phillips is an ecologist, a professor in the department of earth and environment at Boston University, and an earnest advocate for what he calls a “resilient, climate-beneficial, democratic gri...
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The Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA) announced on April 15 that attorney Matthew J. Fossum, the OCA's director of regional and federal affairs, had been named Assistant Consumer Advocate, effecti...
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Nearly 28 years after New Hampshire’s Legislature passed its landmark legislation restructuring the state’s electric industry, it’s time to take a new look at a key aspect of restructuring – default e...
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April 05, 2024
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My parents bought the home in which I was raised, when it was brand new, in 1961. They are just now getting around to selling it.
In other words, a home is a long-term investment. Move ...
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March 26, 2024
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Legendary utility and financial analyst Charles J. "Chuck" Underhill joined the staff of the Office of the Consumer Advocate on March 22 as the OCA's new Director of Rates and Markets Policy. Lu...
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March 26, 2024