Bill Text: NH SB417 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to information provided to electric utility customers.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-27 - Signed by the Governor on 06/16/14; Chapter 0149; Effective 06/16/14 [SB417 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB417-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 149

SB 417 – FINAL VERSION

03/27/14 1097s

2014 SESSION

14-2855

06/09

SENATE BILL 417

AN ACT relative to information provided to electric utility customers.

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Borden, Rock 24; Rep. Pastor, Graf 12

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the public utilities commission to convene the electric utilities to determine the most effective way to provide certain information to customers.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/27/14 1097s

14-2855

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to information provided to electric utility customers.

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

149:1 Public Utilities Commission; Meeting and Report.

I. The public utilities commission shall convene the electric utilities within 30 days of the effective date of this act to determine the most effective and appropriate means to provide customers with information explaining the system benefits charge, the renewable portfolio standard requirements, and the regional greenhouse gas initiative. The commission shall work with the utilities to determine the best way to help customers understand the administration of these programs.

II. The commission shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the energy and natural resources committee, the science, technology and energy committee, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2014.

149:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 16, 2014

Effective Date: June 16, 2014