Media Articles

2024, December 11: InDepthNH, Eversource credit rating downgraded

2024, December 6: Utility Dive; "“PSE&G to pay $6.6M for inaccurately reporting need for local PJM transmission project The Public Service Enterprise Group utility didn’t give PJM accurate information about the need for a $546 million power line it built in New Jersey, per a FERC settlement."

2024, November 20: Utility Dive; "Local transmission spending soars nationwide amid ‘serious absence of cost containment'"

2024, November 19: NBC-CT article on X-178

2024, August 22: Portland Press Herald; "Mainers could pay $32 million for grid upgrade in New Hampshire"

2024, August 20: Common Dreams; Ratepayers for utility justice.

2024, August 19: Consumer Advocates of New England letter to Eversource re.X-178

2024, August 16: Consumer Advocates of New England press release re. X-178

2024, August 19: InDepthNH, Suit against Eversource, ISO-NE and FERC

2024, August 12: Caledonian-Record article on X-178; NESCOE letter and SEC.

2024, June: Acadia Center article on X-178 "proposed" asset condition rebuild

2024, February 2; Utility Dive, "Eversource, others may be capitalizing on lax reviews for some transmission projects: Maine officials"

2024, January 31: Maine Advocate complaint to FERC re. asset condition projects

2024, January 8: Ari Peskoe letter to FERC re. Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission

2024, January 8: Thomas Donahue letter to FERC re. Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission

2023, October 26: New Hampshire Bulletin

2023, September 29: Utility Dive; "Ohio utilities have added nearly $6.5 billion in PJM-approved “supplemental projects” since 2017 without oversight of their need, prudence and cost-effectiveness, the Ohio ratepayer advocate said."

2023, September 14: Office of the NH Consumer Advocate news release

2023, September 22: New Hampshire Business Review

2023, August: Office of the NH Consumer Advocate news release

2023, July 14: InDepthNH, same article printed in NHBR

2022, October 7: Utility Dive "About 63% of transmission investment in California over the last three years was on “repair and replacement” projects that are self-approved by the state’s three major investor-owned utilities."

2020, September: Wired Group 2

2020, August: Wired Group

2017, December 31: Cleveland Opinion. To Avoid Skyrocketing Electric Costs FERC scrutiny of 'supplemental' projects is needed