For Liberty Utilities in New Hampshire, an Analysis Group team documented health benefits and associated cost impacts attributable to the construction of the proposed Granite Bridge natural gas pipeline. Reducing pollutant emissions by displacing higher-emitting heating sources with natural gas could reduce premature deaths, respiratory and other health impacts, and risks associated with global warming. The Analysis Group team, comprising Managing Principal Andrea Okie, Principal Paul Hibbard, Vice President Jonathan Baker, and Manager Grace Howland, estimated the level of reductions in annual emissions from using natural gas or oil for heating and hot water over a 17-year period for residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the Liberty Utilities’ New Hampshire service area. Their report projected that the estimated reductions in pollutants could produce between $1.4 million and $3.1 million in total health benefits over the 17-year period.
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Grace Howland
Ms. Howland specializes in litigation, regulatory, and policy matters involving electricity and natural gas markets, and the electric grid transition. She has supported expert witnesses in litigation related to electricity market damages, contract disputes, and electricity rate and cost recovery disputes. Ms. Howland’s regulatory and policy experience in the electricity sector includes studying electric grid reliability and fuel security under extreme winter weather conditions, analysis for capacity and energy market redesign processes in North America, and the assessment of electric utility rate design innovations to support the electric grid transition.