reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3-f - Franchise Document Clearing House.

    53-C:3-f Franchise Document Clearing House. –||Within 60 days of the granting of an initial franchise and any renewal of such franchise, the franchisee shall file a copy of the franchise and any Federal Communications Commission rulings or other rulings affecting such franchisee with the secretary of state. Within 60 days of June 2, 1989 cable system operators shall file a copy of their existing franchise with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall maintain a file of all franchise documents so recorded and make copies available upon request for the cost of reproduction and mailing, plus a reasonable administrative fee. The filing fee for initial and renewal franchise documents shall be $50 per franchise or renewal of such franchise. In years in which the filing of initial or renewal franchise documents is not required, the franchisee shall pay to the secretary of state a fee of $50 for each locality served by the franchise.|||Source. 1989, 338:3, eff. Aug. 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3-g - Rights of Individuals.

    53-C:3-g Rights of Individuals. –||No cable television system operator shall deny service, deny access, or otherwise discriminate against subscribers, channel users, or any other citizens on the basis of age, race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical disability, or country of natural origin.|||Source. 1989, 338:3. 1990, 140:2, XI, eff. June 18, 1990. 2019, 332:10, eff. Oct. 15, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:4 - Authority to Establish Fees and Impose Conditions.

    53-C:4 Authority to Establish Fees and Impose Conditions. –||In conjunction with the rights granted in said franchises, any franchising authority may require reasonable fees payable to the municipality and may impose conditions not inconsistent with applicable Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, as amended from time to time.|||Source. 1974, 23:1, eff. April 2, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:5 - Existing Operations.

    53-C:5 Existing Operations. –||Any existing contract, license, permit, resolution or other accepted authorization for a cable television system which is in operation as of April 2, 1974, or for a cable television system which has substantially completed the installation of equipment and facilities as of such date, shall be deemed to be a franchise under the provisions of this chapter until the earlier of the expiration of its stated term, if any, or the date of any renewal or amendment required under applicable Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, as amended from time to time.|||Source. 1974, 23:1, eff. April 2, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:1 - Statement of Purpose.

    53-E:1 Statement of Purpose. –||The general court finds it to be in the public interest to allow municipalities and counties to aggregate retail electric customers, as necessary, to provide such customers access to competitive markets for supplies of electricity and related energy services. The general court finds that aggregation may provide small customers with similar opportunities to those available to larger customers in obtaining lower electric costs, reliable service, and secure energy supplies. The purpose of aggregation shall be to encourage voluntary, cost effective and innovative solutions to local needs with careful consideration of local conditions and opportunities.|||Source. 1996, 192:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:2 - Definitions.

    53-E:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Aggregation" means the grouping of retail electric customers to provide, broker, or contract for energy services for such customers.||II. "Aggregator" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, a municipality or county that engages in aggregation of electric customers within its boundaries.||III. "Commission" means the public utilities commission.||IV. "Committee" means the electric aggregation committee established under RSA 53-E:6.||V. "County" means any county within the state.||V-a. "Energy services" means the provision of electric power supply solely or in combination with any or all of the services specified in RSA 53-E:3.||VI. "Municipality" means any city, town, unincorporated place, or village district within the state.|||Source. 1996, 192:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996. 2019, 316:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019. 2021, 229:1, 2, eff. Oct. 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:3 - Municipal and County Authorities.

    53-E:3 Municipal and County Authorities. –||Any municipality or county may:||I. Aggregate the retail electric customers within its boundaries who do not opt out of or who consent to being included in an aggregation program.||II. (a) Enter into agreements and provide for energy services, specifically:||(1) The supply of electric power and capacity.||(2) Demand side management.||(3) Conservation.||(4) Meter reading, with commission approval for meters owned or controlled by the electric distribution utilities or used for load settlement.||(5) Customer service for aggregation provided services.||(6) Other related services.||(7) The operation of energy efficiency and clean energy districts adopted by a municipality pursuant to RSA 53-F and as approved by the municipality's governing body.||(b) Such agreements may be entered into and such services may be provided by a single municipality or county, or by a group of such entities operating jointly pursuant to RSA 53-A.|||Source. 1996, 192:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996. 2019, 316:2, eff. Oct. 1, 2019. 2021, 229:3, eff. Oct. 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:3-a - Municipal Aggregators Authorized.

    53-E:3-a Municipal Aggregators Authorized. –||Municipal aggregators of electricity load under this chapter, and municipalities operating municipal electric utilities under RSA 38, are expressly authorized to aggregate energy services as described in RSA 53-E:3. Municipalities may operate approved aggregation programs as self-supporting enterprise funds including the use of revenue bonds pursuant to RSA 33-B and RSA 374-D and loans from other municipal enterprise funds as may be approved by the governing body and the legislative body of the municipality. Any such loans from other municipal enterprise funds shall be used for purposes that have a clear nexus to the primary purposes of such other funds, such as generation, storage, or sale of power generated from sites, facilities, or resources that might otherwise be operated or produced by the other enterprise fund. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit the capacity of customers to select any service or combination of services offered by such municipal aggregators or to limit the municipality from combining billing for energy services with other municipal services.|||Source. 1997, 298:20, eff. June 20, 1997. 2019, 316:2, eff. Oct. 1, 2019. 2021, 229:4, eff. Oct. 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:3-b - Use of "Community Power" as a Name Reserved.

    53-E:3-b Use of "Community Power" as a Name Reserved. –||The use of the term "Community Power" following the name of a municipality or county shall be reserved for the exclusive use by such entity as a name for proposed or approved municipal or county aggregations. Aggregations operated jointly by a group of such entities pursuant to RSA 53-A may adopt an appropriate identifying name in conjunction with the term "Community Power" as a name.|||Source. 2019, 316:3, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:4 - Regulation.

    53-E:4 Regulation. –||I. An aggregator operating under this chapter shall not be considered a public utility under RSA 362:2 and shall not be considered a municipal utility under RSA 38. A municipal or county aggregation may elect to participate in the ISO New England wholesale energy market as a load serving entity for the purpose of procuring or selling electrical energy or capacity on behalf of its participating retail electric customers, including itself.||II. The provision of aggregated electric power and energy services under this chapter shall be regulated by this chapter and any other applicable laws governing aggregated electric power and energy services in competitive electric markets.||III. Transmission and distribution services shall remain with the transmission and distribution utilities, who shall be paid for such services according to rate schedules approved by the applicable regulatory authority, which may include optional time varying rates for transmission and distribution services that may be offered by distribution utilities on a pilot or regular basis. An aggregator shall not be required to own any utility property or equipment to provide electric power and energy services to its customers.||IV. For the purpose of obtaining interval meter data for load settlement, the provision of energy services, and near real-time customer access to such data, a municipal and county aggregator may contribute to the cost of electric utility provided meter upgrades, jointly own revenue grade meters with an electric utility, or provide its own revenue grade electric meter, which would be in addition to a utility provided meter. Such metering shall only be implemented subject to the commission finding it is in the public good, assuring that meters used for distribution tariff implementation remain under the control and majority ownership of the electric distribution utility, and otherwise approving the terms and conditions for such arrangements, including sharing or transfer of meter data from and to the electric distribution utility.||V. Municipal or county aggregations that supply power shall be treated as competitive electricity suppliers for the purpose of access to the electric distribution utility's electronic data interface and for ceasing operations.||VI. Municipal or county aggregations shall be subject to RSA 363:38 as service providers and individual customer data shall be treated as confidential private information and shall not be subject to public disclosure under RSA 91-A. An approved aggregation may use individual customer data to comply with the provisions of RSA 53-E:7, II and for research and development of potential new energy services to offer to customer participants.|||Source. 1996, 192:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996. 2019, 316:4, eff. Oct. 1, 2019. 2021, 229:5, 6, eff. Oct. 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:5 - Financial Responsibility.

    53-E:5 Financial Responsibility. –||Retail electric customers who choose not to participate in an aggregation program adopted under RSA 53-E:7 shall not be responsible for, and no entity shall require them to pay, any costs associated with such program, through taxes or otherwise except for electric power supply or energy services consumed directly by the municipality or county, or incidental costs, which may include costs necessary to comply with the provisions of this chapter up to the time that the aggregation starts to produce revenue from participating customers, but shall not include any capitalized or operating costs of an aggregation program.|||Source. 1996, 192:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996. 2019, 316:4, eff. Oct. 1, 2019. 2021, 229:7, eff. Oct. 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:6 - Electric Aggregation Plan.

    53-E:6 Electric Aggregation Plan. –||I. The governing body of a municipality or county may form an electric aggregation committee to develop a plan for an aggregation program for its citizens. A municipality or county may join other municipalities or counties in developing such plans. A county plan may provide an aggregation program for all or a subset of municipalities within the county that request to participate by a majority vote of their respective governing bodies.||II. The plan shall provide universal access, reliability, and equitable treatment of all classes of customers subject to any differences arising from varying opportunities, tariffs, and arrangements between different electric distribution utilities in their respective franchise territories, and shall meet, at a minimum, the basic environmental and service standards established by the commission and other applicable agencies and laws concerning aggregated service.||III. The plan shall detail:||(a) The organizational structure of the program.||(b) Operation and funding.||(c) Rate setting and other costs to participants, including whether energy supply services are offered on an opt-in basis or on an opt-out basis as an alternative default service.||(d) The methods for entering and terminating agreements with other entities.||(e) The rights and responsibilities of program participants.||(f) How net metered electricity exported to the distribution grid by program participants, including for group net metering, will be compensated and accounted for.||(g) How the program will ensure participants who are enrolled in the Electric Assistance Program administered by the commission will receive their discount.||(h) Termination of the program.||IV. The committee shall approve a final plan which the committee determines is in the best, long-term interest of the municipality or county and the ratepayers.||V. The committee shall solicit public input in the planning process and shall hold public hearings.|||Source. 1996, 192:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996. 2019, 316:4, eff. Oct. 1, 2019. 2021, 229:8, eff. Oct. 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:8 - Other Aggregators.

    53-E:8 Other Aggregators. –||Nothing in this chapter shall preclude private aggregators from operating in service areas served by municipal or county aggregators.|||Source. 1996, 192:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-E:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-E - Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties|Section 53-E:9 - Billing Arrangements.

    53-E:9 Billing Arrangements. –||I. For purposes of this section the term "supplier" shall mean an aggregator functioning as a load serving entity under this chapter or a competitive electricity supplier serving an aggregation under this chapter. The term shall also include competitive electricity suppliers generally to the extent and for such customer rate classes as the commission finds, after notice and hearing, that it is for the public good. Such a determination shall be on a utility-specific basis, if proposed and assented to by the utility.||II. Each electric distribution utility shall propose to the commission for review and approval a program for the purchase of receivables of the supplier in which the utility shall pay in a timely manner the amounts due such suppliers from customers for electricity supply and related services less a discount percentage rate equal to the utility's actual uncollectible rate, adjusted to recover capitalized and operating costs specific to the implementation and operation of the purchase of receivables program, including working capital. Additionally, such discount rate adjustments shall include a pro rata share of the cost of administering collection efforts such that the utility's participation in the purchase of receivables program shall not require the utility or non-participating consumers to assume any costs arising from its use. Such pro rata costs must include, but not be limited to, any increases in the utility's bad debt write-offs attributable to participants in the purchase of receivables program, as approved by the commission. However, the allocation of costs arising from different rate components and determination of the uncollectible rate shall be equitably allocated between such suppliers, utility provided default service, and other utility charges that are a part of consolidated billing by the utility as approved by the commission. The discount percentage rate shall be subject to periodic adjustment as approved by the commission.|||Source. 2021, 229:10, eff. Oct. 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-F:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-F - Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Districts|Section 53-F:1 - Definitions.

    53-F:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Clean energy improvement" means the installation of any system on the property for producing electricity for, or meeting heating, cooling, or water heating needs of the property, using either renewable energy sources, combined heat and power systems, or district energy systems using wood biomass (but not construction and demolition waste), waste heat, or natural gas. Such improvements include but are not limited to solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, wood biomass, wind, and geothermal systems, provided that, to be covered by an agreement with a property owner and financed under this chapter, such improvements shall be qualifying improvements under RSA 53-F:6.||II. "District" means an energy efficiency and clean energy district established under this chapter.||II-a. "Eligible property" means real property located within the boundaries of the district, whether zoned or used for residential, commercial, industrial, or other uses, excluding residential property containing less than 5 dwelling units.||III. "Energy conservation and efficiency improvements" means measures to reduce consumption, through conservation or more efficient use, of electricity, fuel oil, natural gas, propane, or other forms of energy on or off the property, including but not limited to air sealing, installation of insulation, installation of heating, cooling, or ventilation systems meeting or exceeding ENERGY STAR standards, building modifications to increase the use of daylighting, replacement of windows with units meeting or exceeding ENERGY STAR standards, installation of energy controls or energy recovery systems, and installation of efficient lighting equipment, provided that, to be covered by an agreement with a property owner and financed under this chapter, all such improvements must be permanently affixed to a building or facility that is part of the property and shall be qualifying improvements under RSA 53-F:6.||IV. "Municipality" means any city, town, or village district, or the designated representative of the city, town, or village district.||V. [Repealed.]||VI. "Special assessment" means a special assessment within the meaning and subject to the provisions of RSA 80:19, except as provided in RSA 53-F:8.|||Source. 2010, 215:2. 2011, 68:4, eff. July 15, 2011. 2014, 294:1, eff. Sept. 30, 2014. 2015, 121:1, 8, eff. June 8, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-F:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-F - Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Districts|Section 53-F:2 - Adoption by Municipality.

    53-F:2 Adoption by Municipality. –||A city, town, or village district may adopt the provisions of this chapter in the following manner:||I. In a town, other than a town that has adopted a charter pursuant to RSA 49-D, the question shall be placed on the warrant of an annual meeting only by the governing body, and not pursuant to RSA 39:3.||II. In a city or a town that has adopted a charter pursuant to RSA 49-C or RSA 49-D, the legislative body may consider and act upon the question in accordance with its normal procedures for passage of resolutions, ordinances, and other legislation. In the alternative, the legislative body of any such municipality may vote to place the question on the official ballot for any regular municipal election.||III. In a village district, the question may be considered and acted upon by any means authorized by RSA 52.||IV. The language of the question shall designate an energy efficiency and clean energy district, which may cover all or a portion of the area within the municipality, or may designate all or a portion of the area within the municipality as part of an energy efficiency and clean energy district that encompasses all or portions of multiple municipalities.||V. A municipality may vote to rescind its action in the same manner as it may vote to adopt, provided that all agreements entered into with property owners and related legal obligations created prior to its vote to rescind shall remain in effect.|||Source. 2010, 215:2, eff. Aug. 27, 2010.|