PUC moves to boost energy efficiency.

• Position: New Hampshire - Public Utilities Commission - Brief article

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC UTILITIES Commission (PUC) has begun to explore how electric utility ratemaking can be used to eliminate disincentives on the part of electric utilities to invest in programs that reduce energy use by consumers, and to encourage increased investment in energy efficiency. CLF has intervened in the PUC proceeding in the effort to work with the PUC and other stakeholders to create a regulatory structure that encourages effective energy efficiency measures that provide the greatest benefit to the environment and consumers.

"Energy efficiency is the most cost effective, readily available way to reduce the state's electricity demand and mitigate the impacts of global warming," said Melissa Hoffer, director of CLF's New Hampshire Advocacy Center.

Traditionally, a utility's...