Don Kreis, who has served for nearly nine years as Consumer Advocate, will explain why an independent ratepayer advocate is more important than ever for New Hampshire at the state, regional, and federal levels.

Consumer Advocate Kreis has championed initiatives that benefited NH ratepayers -- but the current PUC seems eager to roll these back: the energy efficiency programs of NH Saves, stable prices for ratepayers opting out of community power arrangements, and the benefits of net metering. Don Kreis added up the items in the small print to warn us that Eversource rate increases would amount to 42%. Will his advocacy cost him his position?

Readers of InDepthNH will be familiar with Kreis’s “Power to the People” column, which is informative, entertaining, and peppery. Prepare for some lively explanations of:
~ What is a consumer advocate and how do NH ratepayers benefit from having one?
~ How does a consumer advocate work with the NH Public Utilities Commission (PUC)?
~ How does a consumer advocate work with the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group? (and what IS the Consumer Liaison group? and why should you care?)