I still struggle with, given the supposed price protection with the buyout option at the end of the 20 years, how this $3.50 will even hit the average user's bill. I understood it to be that Laidlaw was getting a good deal on the PPA and that, if at the end of 20 years PSNH could legally, financially, and emotionally decide to buy the plant, that this "sweetheart" deal would be returned to them thru a discounted price on the purchase. I don't remember seeing (other than from Spencer & the Consumer "Advocate") that the price for electricity would ever increase. In fact, that was the stated point of the price protection, was it not?
I thought PSHN had a risk of potentially losing its investment toward the purchase of Laidlaw if it would not/could not buy.
If I'm wrong, I'd still pay $3.50/month if I had that price guarantee for 20 years.