HB568: requiring new electric transmission lines in New Hampshire to be buried.

HB 568 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0102

06/03

HOUSE BILL 568

AN ACT requiring new elective transmission lines in New Hampshire to be buried.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1; Rep. Ladd, Graf 4; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Pastor, Graf 12; Rep. Lovett, Graf 8; Rep. Enman, Coos 1; Rep. Suzanne Smith, Graf 8; Rep. Reilly, Graf 9

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires all new elective transmission lines in New Hampshire to be buried.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0102

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT requiring new elective transmission lines in New Hampshire to be buried.

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

1 New Section; Burial of Elective Transmission Lines. Amend RSA 162-H by inserting after section 5 the following new section:

162-H:5-a Burial of Elective Transmission Lines.

I. All elective transmission lines placed in the state after the effective date of this section shall be buried. For the purposes of this section, “elective” means private, for-profit developments that are not required to maintain system reliability.

II. Burial is the preferred option, but not required, for all transmission lines necessary for system reliability that are placed in the state after the effective date of this section.

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