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SB96: relative to state energy performance contracting.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2023 SB96
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Bill details

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

House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
House Executive Departments and Administration
Hearing
03/29/2023 at 10:30 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Executive administration Energy and utilities

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CHAPTER 143

SB 96 - FINAL VERSION

03/16/2023 0856s

05/18/2023 1846EBA

2023 SESSION

23-1027

06/10

SENATE BILL 96

AN ACT relative to state energy performance contracting.

SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Infantine, Hills. 16; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits requests for qualifications or requests for contract proposals from requiring membership or accreditation in energy associations, using equipment not generally available to energy service companies, or terms of bias or favoritism.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/16/2023 0856s

05/18/2023 1846EBA 23-1027

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to state energy performance contracting.

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

143:1 Department of Administrative Services; State Facility Energy Cost Reduction; Energy Performance Contracting. Amend RSA 21-I:19-d, II(a) to read as follows:

(a) The agency shall issue a public request for proposals, advertised in the same manner as other programs, concerning the provision of energy efficiency services or the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of energy equipment, or both. The request for proposals shall contain terms and conditions relating to submission of proposals, evaluation and selection of proposals, financial terms, legal responsibilities, and other matters as may be required by law and as the agency determines appropriate. A request for qualifications or a request for proposals shall not contain terms that require membership in or accreditation from a specific regional, national, or international association of energy services companies, or the use of proprietary equipment that is not generally available to energy services companies.

143:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 30, 2023

Effective Date: August 29, 2023