HB 1155 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2354

06/01

HOUSE BILL 1155

AN ACT relative to providing choice of meters to customers of utilities.

SPONSORS: Rep. Halstead, Hills. 23

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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ANALYSIS

This bill permits customers of utilities to choose whether to consent to the installation of smart meters.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2354

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to providing choice of meters to customers of utilities.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  New Subdivision; Use of Smart Meters.  Amend RSA 374 by inserting after section 62 the following new subdivision:

Use of Smart Meters

374:63  Definition.  In this subdivision, "smart meter" means an electronic device used to record the consumption of electric energy, natural gas, or water in intervals of an hour or less and to communicate such information on a daily basis to the utility for monitoring outages and for billing.

374:64  Use of Smart Meters.  

I.  Any customer of a utility may choose to keep his or her existing meter or may consent to the installation of a smart meter.

II.  When a utility has completed an upgrade to smart meters the utility may assess a surcharge on any customer who chooses to keep an old meter.

III.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter any provision of RSA 374:62.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.