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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
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Imagine if someone came along and offered you a discount of seven cents per kilowatt-hour on your electric bill.
Seven cents doesn't sound like much, but it adds up. If you use at least 600 kilowat...
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January 19, 2023
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'Twas the night before Christmas – and our electricity grid was in trouble.
Many will recall December 24, 2022 as miserable – temperatures plunged and a winter storm that blew through had caused ...
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January 04, 2023