HB1430: relative to electric rates approved by the public utilities commission for residential condominium property.

HB 1430 - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

24-2083

12/10

HOUSE BILL 1430

AN ACT relative to electric rates approved by the public utilities commission for residential condominium property.

SPONSORS: Rep. Manos, Rock. 12; Rep. Knab, Rock. 12; Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires non-commercial condominium associations to have public utility residential electric rates apply.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2083

12/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to electric rates approved by the public utilities commission for residential condominium property.

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

1 Condominium Instruments; Commercial Use. Amend RSA 356-B:16 I (e) to read as follows:

(e) A description or delineation of the limited common areas, if any, showing or designating the unit or units to which each is assigned[;] and whether any commercial or business enterprises are permitted;

2 New Section; Public Utility Rates; Condominium Charges. Amend RSA 378 by inserting after section 6 the following new section:

378:6-a Condominium Charges. An electric rate schedule of a public utility filed with the commission shall provide that condominium associations under RSA 356-B that do not permit commercial or business enterprises shall be charged the same electric rates as condominium residential units.

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