Specifications include, but are not limited to: The New Hampshire Department of Energy (Department) is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide utility technical consulting services from a qualified revenue requirement consultant. The consultant will be hired and supervised by the Department to perform the consulting work, and will work at the direction of, and in consultation with the Department. The consultant(s) chosen will be expected to work on a broad range of financial issues related to the assignment. Among other things, tasks will include: • Review of the Company’s proposed revenue requirements and resultant rate increase, • Preparation of interrogatories and participation in other discovery activities, • Participation in technical sessions and settlement discussions, • Preparation and submission of direct, rebuttal, and surrebuttal testimony, • Preparation of responses to interrogatories, and • Attendance at hearings for live testimony and cross-examination. The consultant shall conduct an initial project scoping meeting with the Department. The purpose of the meeting is to review and refine the scope, task and project approach requirements; review the allocation of resources among deliverables; establish a project plan, with key deliverables and milestone dates; and establish project management and communication protocols to ensure that the information needs of both the Department and the consultant are satisfied.
