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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