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HB317: (New Title) relative to changes in the system benefits charge.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2018 HB317
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Conference Report Adopted
Senate status
Conference Report Adopted
Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Hearing
05/15/2018 at 03:00 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Energy and Natural Resources

Official links

CHAPTER 374

HB 317 - FINAL VERSION

9Jan2018... 2483h

05/03/2018 1594s

23May2018... 2051-CofC

2018 SESSION

17-0458

06/10

HOUSE BILL 317

AN ACT relative to changes in the system benefits charge.

SPONSORS: Rep. Vose, Rock. 9; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 5; Rep. Kurk, Hills. 2; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires legislative approval for increases in the system benefits charge.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

9Jan2018... 2483h

05/03/2018 1594s

23May2018... 2051-CofC 17-0458

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to changes in the system benefits charge.

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

374:1 Electric Utility Restructuring; Policy Principles; System Benefits Charge. Amend RSA 374-F:3, VI to read as follows:

VI. Benefits for All Consumers. Restructuring of the electric utility industry should be implemented in a manner that benefits all consumers equitably and does not benefit one customer class to the detriment of another. Costs should not be shifted unfairly among customers. A nonbypassable and competitively neutral system benefits charge applied to the use of the distribution system may be used to fund public benefits related to the provision of electricity. Such benefits, as approved by regulators, may include, but not necessarily be limited to, programs for low-income customers, energy efficiency programs, funding for the electric utility industry's share of commission expenses pursuant to RSA 363-A, support for research and development, and investments in commercialization strategies for new and beneficial technologies. Legislative approval of the New Hampshire general court shall be required to increase the system benefits charge. This requirement of prior approval of the New Hampshire general court shall not apply to the energy efficiency portion of the system benefits charge consistent with or authorized only by Order No. 25,932 issued by the commission, dated August 2, 2016.

374:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: August 03, 2018

Effective Date: October 02, 2018