Donald M. Kreis
@dmokreis.bsky.social
New Hampshire’s Consumer Advocate, defending the interests of residential ratepayers. Cystic Fibrosis dad who talks back to Big Pharma. A fast fish and also a loose fish.
Someone must have reminded the Governor of how it went down the last time a PUC chair left office. Well into the evening, she signed an order to phase out ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs. This time was different.
September 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Someone must have reminded the Governor of how it went down the last time a PUC chair left office. Well into the evening, she signed an order to phase out ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs. This time was different.
From the PUC-reform organization Powerlines
April 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
From the PUC-reform organization Powerlines
I really, really, really do not do protests. As a slightly visible state official, I try to stay out of the political fray. But I also have a conscience — and, yes, I wore that cystic fibrosis hat on purpose. Gutting the National Institutes of Health and the FDA is a mortal threat to CF families.
April 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I really, really, really do not do protests. As a slightly visible state official, I try to stay out of the political fray. But I also have a conscience — and, yes, I wore that cystic fibrosis hat on purpose. Gutting the National Institutes of Health and the FDA is a mortal threat to CF families.
Just back from Iceland! Returned to the news that the hearing on HB610, which would abolish the NH Office of the Consumer Advocate, will be heard on March 5 at 10:00 a.m.i do not think New Hampshire should silence independent and principled ratepayer advocacy after nearly 50 years. More soon!
February 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just back from Iceland! Returned to the news that the hearing on HB610, which would abolish the NH Office of the Consumer Advocate, will be heard on March 5 at 10:00 a.m.i do not think New Hampshire should silence independent and principled ratepayer advocacy after nearly 50 years. More soon!
It’s 14 below in Concord right now and the spot price of electricity is 35.8 cents per kWh. Is this REALLY what we want to rely on for default energy service?
January 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It’s 14 below in Concord right now and the spot price of electricity is 35.8 cents per kWh. Is this REALLY what we want to rely on for default energy service?
Call me satisfied! The Moby-Dick Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum was an absolute blast … it was such an honor to be among the 200+ readers. Come see me preach about Melville on 2/2 at the First Universalist Society of Hartland on 2/2!!
January 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Call me satisfied! The Moby-Dick Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum was an absolute blast … it was such an honor to be among the 200+ readers. Come see me preach about Melville on 2/2 at the First Universalist Society of Hartland on 2/2!!
A spooky screen shot: the list of 2025 dockets from the NHPUC's virtual file room.
January 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A spooky screen shot: the list of 2025 dockets from the NHPUC's virtual file room.
Lost my poutine virginity yesterday evening in Montreal! An omen for the new year?
January 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Lost my poutine virginity yesterday evening in Montreal! An omen for the new year?
The Chanukah Menorah burns brightly at our family Christmas Dinner! Happy Jewish Festival of Energy Efficiency … to all who like negawatts more than megawatts.
December 26, 2024 at 2:07 AM
The Chanukah Menorah burns brightly at our family Christmas Dinner! Happy Jewish Festival of Energy Efficiency … to all who like negawatts more than megawatts.
This is why I hate the @nytimes.com WordleBot. I often get the Wordle in 3 by, essentially, psyching out the person that chose the word. But the bot always attributes that to dumb luck and implies that a better player would have chosen statistically likelier letters (and gone to a 4th guess). Grrrr.
December 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
This is why I hate the @nytimes.com WordleBot. I often get the Wordle in 3 by, essentially, psyching out the person that chose the word. But the bot always attributes that to dumb luck and implies that a better player would have chosen statistically likelier letters (and gone to a 4th guess). Grrrr.
Vertex is charging $370,000 a year for this drug.Three hundred seventy grand —PER PATIENT! Altftrek YOU, Vertex!!
December 21, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Vertex is charging $370,000 a year for this drug.Three hundred seventy grand —PER PATIENT! Altftrek YOU, Vertex!!
This is too important a subject to hash out in the twitter cesspool. The proponents of abolishing the OCA, supposedly in order to lower rates, don’t understand what’s REALLY pushing electricity costs through the roof in New England. It’s transmission, regulated at the federal level.
December 12, 2024 at 2:04 AM
This is too important a subject to hash out in the twitter cesspool. The proponents of abolishing the OCA, supposedly in order to lower rates, don’t understand what’s REALLY pushing electricity costs through the roof in New England. It’s transmission, regulated at the federal level.
My last holiday card from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for a while, I think.
December 6, 2024 at 6:32 PM
My last holiday card from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for a while, I think.
One year's worth of prescription meds for one person living with cystic fibrosis. In case you were wondering why I am so concerned about bloated prescription drug prices.
December 1, 2024 at 9:27 PM
One year's worth of prescription meds for one person living with cystic fibrosis. In case you were wondering why I am so concerned about bloated prescription drug prices.
Every time I see the signs on I89 in NH describing hospitals as “attractions” I find myself thinking they should also be listed as “lodging” and “food.”
November 30, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Every time I see the signs on I89 in NH describing hospitals as “attractions” I find myself thinking they should also be listed as “lodging” and “food.”
Here’s how I get into the spirit of Thanksgiving!
November 17, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Here’s how I get into the spirit of Thanksgiving!
Me at yesterday’s Homer-a-thon, doing my part to read The Odyssey (Watson translation) in its entirety.
May 10, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Me at yesterday’s Homer-a-thon, doing my part to read The Odyssey (Watson translation) in its entirety.
Back for another term!
November 21, 2023 at 3:46 AM
Back for another term!