Eversource Argues Rate Hike; Sununu Says Help Coming To Pay Big Electric Bill Increases

The PUC heard from Eversource Tuesday about its need for rate hikes. From left are Commissioner Carleton Simpson and chairman Daniel Goldner at PUC headquarters in Concord. In the foreground is Steve Patenaude.

CONCORD — The state’s largest utility Eversource argued before the Public Utilities Commission Tuesday to increase its rate as New Hampshire electric consumers brace for bills going up by about 50 percent for at least the next six months.

The state’s four utilities plan to pass on the skyrocketing costs of making the energy to its members and customers and are in the process of getting that approval.

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