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NH Rev Stat § 363:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:20 - Special Commissioner.

    363:20 Special Commissioner. –||If at any time a commissioner shall be disqualified or unable to perform the duties of his office, the governor, upon application of the commission, may, with the consent of the council, appoint a special commissioner to act in his place during the period of the commissioner's disqualification or inability to act.|||Source. 1911, 164:2. PL 237:19. RL 286:18. 1951, 203:10 par. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:21 - Compensation.

    363:21 Compensation. –||The commissioner so appointed shall be paid a reasonable compensation per day for his services, and his necessary expenses, to be allowed by the governor and council and paid from the state treasury.|||Source. 1911, 164:2. PL 237:20. RL 286:19. 1951, 203:10 par. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:22 - Investigations.

    363:22 Investigations. –||Except as pertains to any end user of an excepted local exchange carrier or services provided to such end user, the commission may investigate all existing or proposed interstate rates, fares, charges, classifications and rules and regulations relating thereto, where any act thereunder may take place within this state.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. PL 237:22. RL 286:21. 1951, 203:10 par. 20. RSA 363:22. 1979, 494:5, eff. Aug. 1, 1979. 2012, 177:2, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:22-a - Repealed by 2021, 91:209, II, eff. July 1, 2021.

    363:22-a Repealed by 2021, 91:209, II, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 363:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:23 - Petitioners, Etc.

    363:23 Petitioners, Etc. –||When the same are found to be, in the opinion of the commission, unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in any respect in violation of the provisions of the act to regulate commerce, or of any other act of Congress, or in conflict with the rules and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission, or of any other department of the federal government, the commission may apply for relief by petition or otherwise to the Interstate Commerce Commission, or to any other department of the federal government, or to any court of competent jurisdiction.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. PL 237:23. RL 286:22. 1951, 203:10 par. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:24 - Biennial.

    363:24 Biennial. –||The commission shall publish and file with the governor and council, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives a report not later than December 1 of each odd numbered year. Such report shall contain such account of its proceedings for the 2 years last preceding, and such suggestions and recommendations as to needed legislation or as to other matters affecting public utilities as the commission may desire to submit.|||Source. 1911, 164:25. PL 237:24. RL 286:23. 1951, 203:10 par. 22. RSA 363:24. 1973, 140:19. 2002, 247:1, eff. July 16, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:25 - Publications.

    363:25 Publications. –||The commission may, from time to time, subject to the approval of the governor and council, publish such of its reports and orders and such statistics and other information concerning public utilities doing business in this state as the commission may deem to be of public interest.|||Source. 1911, 164:25. PL 237:25. RL 286:24. 1951, 203:10 par. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:26 - Repealed by 1979, 498:4, eff. Aug. 1, 1979, at 12:01 a.m.

    363:26 Repealed by 1979, 498:4, eff. Aug. 1, 1979, at 12:01 a.m. –|
NH Rev Stat § 363:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:27 - Staff.

    363:27 Staff. –||I. In the exercise of the jurisdiction and performance of the duties prescribed by law, the commission shall have the power, subject to the state personnel regulations and within the limits of the appropriation for such purpose, to employ and fix the compensation of such regular staff, including experts, as it shall deem necessary. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the expenditure of additional funds over budget estimates is necessary for the proper functioning of the public utilities commission, the governor and council, with the prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, upon request from the commission, may authorize an additional assessment pursuant to RSA 363-A for such purpose.||II. The staff of the commission shall be organized as the chairperson determines best achieves its statutory responsibilities.||III. "Staff" means the employees of the commission and any consultants and other contractors retained by the commission for the purpose of assisting the commission and its employees in providing advice or information, or for the purpose of supplementing the work of the commission and its employees.|||Source. 1979, 494:6. 1981, 220:6. 1985, 402:17. 1989, 240:6. 1991, 339:1. 1994, 414:2. 1999, 289:11. 2001, 237:4. 2007, 156:12, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. 2010, 191:4, eff. Aug. 20, 2010. 2021, 91:210, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:28-a - Residential Ratepayers Advisory Board.

    363:28-a Residential Ratepayers Advisory Board. –||I. There is established the residential ratepayers advisory board. The advisory board shall consist of the following public members:||(a) Three members appointed by the speaker of the house. One shall represent the interests of residential ratepayers; one shall represent the interests of the elderly; and one shall be a member of the public.||(b) Three members appointed by the senate president. One shall represent the interests of residential ratepayers; one shall represent the interests of the disabled; and one shall represent environmental concerns.||(c) Three members appointed by the governor and council. One shall represent the interests of persons of low income; one shall represent the interests of small business owners; and one shall represent the interests of residents of low-income housing.||II. Members shall serve 3-year terms. In the event of death or resignation of any member of the advisory board, the person or entity that made the original appointment shall appoint a successor, and the successor appointed to the vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. The members of the board shall receive no compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for mileage at the same rate provided for state employees.||III. The board shall elect annually a chairperson from among its membership.||IV. The board shall receive administrative support from the office of the consumer advocate.||V. (a) The board shall meet at least quarterly and at the call of the chairperson or 3 board members. The consumer advocate shall be present for all board meetings to inform the board of the actions of the office of the consumer advocate and to respond to the board's inquiries.||(b) Except as pertains to any end user of an excepted local exchange carrier or services provided to such end user, the board shall advise the consumer advocate on matters concerning residential ratepayers.||(c) Prior to the expiration of the consumer advocate's term, the board shall recommend to the governor and council whether to reappoint the consumer advocate. If the board does not recommend reappointment or the governor and council do not accept the board's recommendation to reappoint, the board shall then recommend 3 persons to the governor and council to fill the position.|||Source. 1999, 167:3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. 2012, 177:4, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:29 - Repealed by 1989, 240:8, I, eff. July 23, 1989.

    363:29 Repealed by 1989, 240:8, I, eff. July 23, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 363:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:30 - to 363:36 Repealed by 2021, 91:213, eff. July 1, 2021.

    363:30 to 363:36 Repealed by 2021, 91:213, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 363:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:37 - Definitions.

    363:37 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Individual customer data" means information that is collected as part of providing electric, natural gas, water, or related services to a customer that can identify, singly or in combination, that specific customer, including the name, address, account number, quantity, characteristics, or time of consumption by the customer.||II. "Service provider" means a public utility, as defined by RSA 362:2; a competitive electricity supplier, under RSA 374-F:7; an aggregator, as defined by RSA 53-E:2, II; a rural electric cooperative, under RSA 301:57; suppliers of natural gas, under RSA 362:4-b; and any other service provider that receives individual customer data from electric, natural gas, or water consumption.||III. "Primary purpose" means the main reason for the collection, storage, use, or disclosure of individual customer data which is limited to:||(a) Providing or billing for electrical or gas service.||(b) Meeting system, grid, or operational needs.||(c) Researching, developing, and implementing new rate structures and tariffs, demand response, customer assistance, energy management, or energy efficiency programs.|||Source. 2016, 258:1, eff. Aug. 14, 2016. 2019, 86:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:38 - Duties and Responsibilities of Service Providers.

    363:38 Duties and Responsibilities of Service Providers. –||I. No service provider shall:||(a) Share, disclose, or otherwise make accessible to any third party a customer's individual customer data, except as provided in paragraph V or upon the express consent of the customer.||(b) Sell individual customer data for any purpose without the express consent of the customer.||(c) Provide an incentive or discount to the customer for accessing individual customer data, provided, however, that nothing shall prevent a service provider from providing consideration to a customer for reducing demand as part of a demand response, energy management, or energy efficiency program in which customer usage data is required to measure or verify such reduction. ||II. Service providers shall:||(a) Collect, store, use, and disclose only as much individual customer data as is necessary to accomplish primary purposes.||(b) Use individual customer data solely for primary purposes.||III. A service provider that allows customer access to electric, natural gas, or water consumption data shall allow customer access to that data without requiring disclosure of that customer's individual customer data to third parties.||IV. A service provider shall use reasonable security procedures and practices to protect individual customer data from unauthorized access, use, destruction, modification, or disclosure.||V. (a) Nothing in this section shall preclude a service provider from using aggregate customer data for analysis, reporting, or program management after information that identifies an individual customer is removed.||(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude a service provider from disclosing a customer's individual data to a third party for system, grid, or operational needs, or the research, development, and implementation of new rate structures and tariffs, demand response, customer assistance, energy management, or energy efficiency programs, provided that the service provider for contracts entered into after January 1, 2017, has required by contract that the third party implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, use, destruction, modification, or disclosure, and to prohibit the use of the data for a secondary commercial purpose not related to the primary purpose of the contract without the express consent of the customer.||(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude a service provider from disclosing electric, natural gas, or water consumption data required under state or federal law, or which is identified as information subject to warrant or subpoena or by an order of the commission.|||Source. 2016, 258:1, eff. Aug. 14, 2016. 2019, 86:2, eff. Aug. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 363:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363 - The Public Utilities Commission|Section 363:39 - Complaints.

    363:39 Complaints. –||When complaints to the department of energy are initiated by residential customers, the department shall provide to the consumer advocate access to the complaint, by paper or electronically, with the customer name blocked out, at the same time as the department forwards the complaint to the utility in compliance with department rules.|||Source. 2016, 258:1, eff. Aug. 14, 2016. 2021, 91:214, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 363-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363-A - Expenses of Public Utilities Commission Against Certain Utilities|Section 363-A:1 - Ascertainment of Expenses.

    363-A:1 Ascertainment of Expenses. –||The department of energy shall annually, after the close of the fiscal year, ascertain the total of its expenses attributable to support of the public utilities commission and to performance of all duties and responsibilities transferred to the department from the public utilities commission, in addition to the total of the public utilities commission's expenses during such year incurred in the performance of its duties relating to public utilities as defined in RSA 362 and other entities subject to its regulatory and enforcement authority and relating to the office of the consumer advocate. In the determination of such expenses there shall be excluded the expenses which have been or may be charged and recovered under the provisions of RSA 365:37, RSA 365:38, and RSA 374-F:7, I.|||Source. 1955, 203:1 par. 1. 1959, 242:1. 1971, 557:62. 1981, 568:118. 1987, 136:4, eff. May 7, 1987. 2014, 136:1, eff. July 1, 2014. 2021, 91:242, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 363-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363-A - Expenses of Public Utilities Commission Against Certain Utilities|Section 363-A:3 - Certification of Assessment.

    363-A:3 Certification of Assessment. –||It shall be the duty of the department of energy to calculate the amount to be assessed against each such public utility and each other entity subject to assessment in accordance with RSA 363-A:1 and RSA 363-A:2. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the department of energy shall estimate the total expenses for the fiscal year, and then, based on such estimate, shall calculate the amount to be assessed quarterly on August 10, October 15, January 15, and April 15 of that fiscal year, against each such public utility and other assessed entity in accordance with RSA 363-A:1 and RSA 363-A:2. The department of energy shall then make a list showing the amount due on August 10, October 15, January 15, and April 15 of that fiscal year from each of the several public utilities and other entities assessed under the provisions hereof, and, together with a statement of the full name and mailing address of each such public utility and other assessed entity, shall certify the same. After the close of each fiscal year, the department of energy shall ascertain the actual total expenses in accordance with RSA 363-A:1 and RSA 363-A:2, and then shall adjust the assessment for the first quarterly payment of the new fiscal year for each such public utility or other assessed entity for any underpayment or overpayment by each such public utility or other assessed entity for the prior fiscal year.|||Source. 1955, 203:1, par. 3. 1971, 557:62. 1995, 29:1. 1997, 208:14, eff. July 1, 1997. 2014, 136:3, eff. July 1, 2014. 2021, 91:244, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 363-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363-A - Expenses of Public Utilities Commission Against Certain Utilities|Section 363-A:4 - Collection.

    363-A:4 Collection. –||Upon the completion of each such list, on or before August 10, October 10, January 10, and April 10 of each fiscal year, the department of energy shall bill each public utility and each other entity subject to assessment for the quarterly amount assessed against it within 10 working days. Such bill shall be sent registered mail, and shall constitute notice of assessment and demand for payment. Payment shall be made to the department of energy within 30 days after the receipt of the bill. After the expiration of 30 days from the receipt of an original bill, the department of energy may add to the assessment a late penalty fee and may commence an action at law for the recovery of the assessment. Within 30 days of the assessment for the first quarterly payment, each public utility or other assessed entity which has any objection to the amount assessed against it for the prior fiscal year shall file with the department its objection in writing, setting out in detail the grounds upon which it is claimed that said assessment is excessive, erroneous, unlawful, or invalid. If such objections are filed, the department, after reasonable notice to the objecting public utility or other assessed entity, shall hold a hearing on such objections, and if the department finds that said assessment or any part thereof is excessive, erroneous, unlawful, or invalid, the department shall reassess the amount to be paid by such public utility or other assessed entity, and shall order that an amended bill be sent to such public utility or other assessed entity in accordance with such reassessment. The department of energy shall not commence an action at law for recovery of any assessment for the first quarterly payment until any such objection has been resolved.|||Source. 1955, 203:1, par. 4. 1971, 557:62. 1995, 29:2. 1997, 208:14. 2004, 148:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. 2014, 136:4, eff. July 1, 2014. 2021, 91:244, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 363-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363-A - Expenses of Public Utilities Commission Against Certain Utilities|Section 363-A:5 - Exemption From Assessment.

    363-A:5 Exemption From Assessment. –||Any public utility or other assessed entity that is not an entity to which RSA 363-A:2, I(c) or (d) applies, and that earned less than $10,000 in gross revenue during the preceding fiscal year shall not be liable for any assessment pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 1995, 29:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2014, 136:5, eff. July 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 363-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363-A - Expenses of Public Utilities Commission Against Certain Utilities|Section 363-A:6 - Public Utility Recovery of Assessment Costs.

    363-A:6 Public Utility Recovery of Assessment Costs. –||I. Assessment amounts determined with reference to the revenues of competitive electric power suppliers and all assessments against regulated electric distribution utilities and electric cooperatives for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the department shall be collected from electric customers through the distribution rates of the respective electric distribution utility or rural electric cooperative for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the department; provided that an amount equal to the amount assessed directly to a competitive electric power supplier under RSA 363-A:2, III shall be collected from the energy service or default service customers of each electric distribution utility or rural electric cooperative for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the department.||II. Assessment amounts determined with reference to the revenues of competitive natural gas suppliers and all assessments against regulated natural gas distribution utilities shall be collected from natural gas customers through the distribution rates of the respective natural gas distribution utility.||III. The commission shall by order establish rate recovery mechanisms for any public utility that is not either an excepted local exchange carrier, as defined in RSA 362:7, I(c), or a rural electric cooperative for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the commission. Such rate recovery mechanisms shall adjust annually to recover any change in a utility's annual assessment.|||Source. 2014, 136:6, eff. July 1, 2014. 2021, 91:245, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 363-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 363-B - Procedures for Termination of Certain Utility Services|Section 363-B:1 - Termination of Service.

    363-B:1 Termination of Service. –||I. No public gas or electric utility, as defined in RSA 362:2, shall terminate any residential service without good cause and without providing the customer at least 10 days' written notice of the utility company's intent to terminate service. The notification shall be sent by regular mail or shall be delivered by hand, and shall inform the customer of the proposed date of termination, the reason for termination, and the provision in RSA 363-B:2 for questioning or contesting the reason for termination.||II. For purposes of this section, good cause shall mean violation of any tariff provision then in force as approved by the public utilities commission, or nonpayment of charges that are past due and remain unpaid after proper demand for them.||III. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a gas or electric public utility may terminate service to a residential customer without prior notice to the customer or the commission when:||(a) There exists unauthorized or fraudulent use or procurement of utility service;||(b) A condition dangerous to the health, safety, or utility service of others exists;||(c) There is a clear and present danger to life, health, or physical property; or||(d) The customer has clearly abandoned the premises.||The utility shall notify the commission after it has terminated service for any of these reasons.||IV. This section shall not apply when the customer requests the termination of service.|||Source. 1974, 11:1. 1981, 129:1, eff. July 10, 1981.|