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NH Rev Stat § 374:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:28 - Authority of Commission.

    374:28 Authority of Commission. –||The commission may authorize any public utility to discontinue, temporarily or during such portion of each year as the commission may deem expedient, any part of its service whenever it shall appear that such temporary or seasonal discontinuance will not unreasonably inconvenience the public, or to discontinue the same permanently and remove the equipment essential to the same, whenever it shall appear that the public good does not require the further continuance of such service. The commission, upon its own motion or upon petition of any interested party, may make an order withdrawing from a public utility its authority to engage in business in all or any part of the territory in which it is authorized to operate whenever it shall find, after notice and public hearing, that said utility has declined or unreasonably failed to render service in said territory or that its service in said territory is inadequate, no sufficient reason for such inadequacy appearing.|||Source. 1917, 82:1. 1921, 139:1. PL 240:26. 1927, 125:1. RL 289:26.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:28-a - Slamming Prohibited.

    374:28-a Slamming Prohibited. –||I. "Slamming" is any practice that changes a consumer's telecommunications or energy-related service carrier or provider without the customer's knowledge or consent. For purposes of this section, a "customer" shall mean the person to whom the telecommunications or energy-related services are billed, or that person's designee.||II. No person shall engage in slamming. Any person that engages in slamming shall be subject to an administrative fine in an amount to be determined by the commission, not to exceed $2,000 per offense. The commission may consider intent as a factor when assessing administrative fines.||III. The commission, upon its own motion or upon petition of any interested party, may withdraw the person's authorization to engage in business in all or any part of the territory in which it is authorized to operate whenever it shall find, after notice and public hearing, that said person has engaged in slamming.||IV. The commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, and consistent with rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission regarding telecommunications slamming, to enforce the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1998, 175:2, eff. June 15, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:29 - Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V.

    374:29 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:30 - Other Public Utility Leases, Etc.

    374:30 Other Public Utility Leases, Etc. –||I. Any public utility may transfer or lease its franchise, works, or system, or any part of such franchise, works, or system, exercised or located in this state, or contract for the operation of its works and system located in this state, when the commission shall find that it will be for the public good and shall make an order assenting thereto, but not otherwise, except that commission approval shall not be required for any such transfer, lease, or contract by an excepted local exchange carrier. The commission may, by general order, authorize a public utility to transfer to another public utility a part interest in poles and their appurtenances for the purpose of joint use by such public utilities.||II. An incumbent local exchange carrier that is an excepted local exchange carrier may transfer or lease its franchise, works, or system, or any part of such franchise, works, or system, exercised or located in this state, or contract for the operation of its works and system located in this state, when the commission finds the utility to which the transfer is to be made is technically, managerially, and financially capable of maintaining the obligations of an incumbent local exchange carrier set forth in RSA 362:8 and RSA 374:22-p.|||Source. 1911, 164:13. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:28. RL 289:28. 1943, 29:1. 1951, 203:39, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2012, 177:13, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:31 - Leases, Etc., When Void.

    374:31 Leases, Etc., When Void. –||If commission approval is required pursuant to RSA 374:30 for any transfer, lease, or contract, any such attempted transfer, lease, or contract shall be void unless the same shall have been approved by the commission.|||Source. 1911, 164:13. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:29. RL 289:29. 2012, 177:13, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:32 - Corporate Authorization.

    374:32 Corporate Authorization. –||Except when the public utility is an excepted local exchange carrier, if such public utility, or the other party to any such transfer, lease, or contract, be a corporation and if the commission shall find that the public good so requires, such transfer, lease, or contract shall first be authorized by the vote of 2/3 of the shares of the capital stock of each of the interested corporations present and voting at meetings duly called to consider the subject; and all statutes regulating, protecting, and determining the rights of a dissenting stockholder of a railroad in the case of a lease or union with another railroad shall be applicable, and the rights of any stockholder of such corporation dissenting from such transfer, lease, or contract, if the same shall be authorized as above provided, shall be regulated, protected, and determined by such statutes.|||Source. 1915, 52:1. PL 240:30. RL 289:30. 1953, 176:1, eff. May 21, 1953. 2012, 177:13, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:33 - Acquiring Stocks, Etc.

    374:33 Acquiring Stocks, Etc. –||No public utility or public utility holding company as defined in section 2(a)(7)(A) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 shall directly or indirectly acquire more than 10 percent, or more than the ownership level which triggers reporting requirements under 15 U.S.C. section 78-P, whichever is less, of the stocks or bonds of any other public utility or public utility holding company incorporated in or doing business in this state, unless the commission finds that such acquisition is lawful, proper, and in the public interest, except that commission approval shall not be required for any acquisition of an excepted local exchange carrier. Nothing in this section shall prevent a public utility being in fact the owner on June 1, 1911, of the majority of the capital stock of any other public utility, or leasing or operating such other public utility, from acquiring the balance or all of the outstanding capital stock of such other public utility a majority of which stock is so owned or which is so leased or operated.|||Source. 1911, 164:13. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:31. RL 289:31. 1951, 203:40. RSA 374:33. 1990, 113:1. 1993, 330:3, eff. Aug. 28, 1993. 2012, 177:13, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:33-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:33-a - Recovery of Costs, Fees and Expenses.

    374:33-a Recovery of Costs, Fees and Expenses. –||In any proceeding under RSA 374:33 in which the public utilities commission determines that the proposed acquisition is not lawful, proper, or in the public interest, the public utilities commission shall review the costs incurred by the target company incident to the proceeding, determine which of those costs are reasonable and prudently incurred, and shall then require that the unsuccessful acquirer reimburse such costs to the target company. The public utilities commission is further prohibited from including in rates to ratepayers any of the costs, including, without limitation, all disbursement, expert witness fees, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by either party in such proceeding. This section shall not apply to costs and expenses incurred prior to July 19, 1991.|||Source. 1991, 150:1, eff. July 19, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:34 - Transfers, Etc., When Void.

    374:34 Transfers, Etc., When Void. –||Every contract, assignment, transfer or agreement for transfer of any stock, by or through any person or corporation, to any corporation in violation of any provision of RSA 374:33 shall be void and of no effect, and no such transfer or assignment shall be made upon the books of any public utility or recognized as effective for any purpose.|||Source. 1911, 164:13. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:32. RL 289:32.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:35 - Repealed by 2021, 91:272, I, eff. July 1, 2021.

    374:35 Repealed by 2021, 91:272, I, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:36 - Repealed by 2021, 91:272, II, eff. July 1, 2021.

    374:36 Repealed by 2021, 91:272, II, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:37 - By Department.

    374:37 By Department. –||The department of energy shall investigate the causes of all accidents in connection with the operation of public utilities in the state, which, in the opinion of the commission or the department of energy, ought to be investigated.|||Source. 1911, 164:15. 1913, 145:16. PL 240:35. RL 289:35. 1951, 203:42. RSA 374:37. 1985, 402:20. 2021, 91:273, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:38 - Manner.

    374:38 Manner. –||Any such investigation may be made by the department of energy in such manner as the department of energy may determine.|||Source. 1911, 164:15. 1913, 145:16. PL 240:36. RL 289:36. 2021, 91:273, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:39 - Reports.

    374:39 Reports. –||Every public utility shall report to the department of energy and the commission accidents occurring in connection with the operation of its business wherein loss of life occurs or any person is injured, or of such a nature as to endanger the safety, health or property of its consumers or the public, as and whenever directed by such rules and regulations as the department of energy and the commission may prescribe.|||Source. 1913, 145:16. PL 240:37. RL 289:37. 1951, 203:43, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:273, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:40 - Publicity.

    374:40 Publicity. –||Reports of accidents filed under RSA 374:39 shall not be made public otherwise than in the published reports of the commission or the department of energy.|||Source. 1913, 145:16. PL 240:38. RL 289:38. 2021, 91:273, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:41 - Commission May Institute.

    374:41 Commission May Institute. –||Whenever the commission shall be of opinion that a public utility is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law or by order of the commission, or is doing anything, or about to do anything, or permitting anything, or about to permit anything, to be done contrary to, or in violation of, law or any order of the commission, it shall have authority to lay the facts before the attorney general, and to direct him immediately to begin an action in the name of the state praying for appropriate relief by mandamus, injunction or otherwise.|||Source. 1911, 164:16. PL 240:39. RL 289:39. 1951, 203:44, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:42 - Answer; Hearing.

    374:42 Answer;  Hearing. –||Upon the beginning of such suit, it shall be the duty of the court to specify the time, not exceeding 20 days after service of a copy of the petition, within which the defendant complained of must answer. In case of default in answer, or after answer, the court shall immediately make inquiry into the facts and circumstances without other or formal pleadings and without respect to any technical requirement.|||Source. 1911, 164:16. PL 240:40. RL 289:40.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:43 - Parties.

    374:43 Parties. –||Such other persons or corporations as the court shall deem necessary or proper to join as parties in order to make its order, judgment or writs effective may be joined as parties upon application of counsel.|||Source. 1911, 164:16. PL 240:41. RL 289:41.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:44 - Judgment.

    374:44 Judgment. –||The final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding, or direct that a writ of mandamus, an injunction or other appropriate process shall issue as prayed for in the petition, or in such modified or other form as the court may determine will afford appropriate relief.|||Source. 1911, 164:16. PL 240:42. RL 289:42.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:45 - Precedence.

    374:45 Precedence. –||All actions and proceedings under this title, and all actions and proceedings commenced or prosecuted by order of the commission, or to which the commission may be a party or in which any question arises under this title, or under or concerning any order or action of the commission, shall be preferred over all other civil causes except election causes in all courts of the state, and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil business pending therein excepting election causes, irrespective of position on the calendar, and any such action or proceeding may, upon motion of counsel for the state, be heard in a different county from that in which it was begun if such course will expedite a final decision.|||Source. 1911, 164:16. PL 240:43. RL 289:43.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:46 - Other Counsel.

    374:46 Other Counsel. –||If, in the opinion of the commission, there shall at any time be occasion therefor, the commission may request the attorney general, or may employ other counsel, to represent the state in cases arising under RSA 374:41 or wherein any act or order of the commission is involved.|||Source. 1911, 164:16. PL 240:44. RL 289:44.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:47 - Compensation of Counsel.

    374:47 Compensation of Counsel. –||Such counsel shall be allowed reasonable fees and their necessary disbursements, to be approved by the governor and council and paid by the state.|||Source. 1911, 164:16. PL 240:45. RL 289:45.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:47-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:47-a - Receiver for Public Utilities.

    374:47-a Receiver for Public Utilities. –||In addition to the procedure in RSA 374:41-47, whenever the commission finds that a public utility regulated by the commission and having gross annual revenues of less than $2,000,000 is failing to provide adequate and reasonable service to its customers, and that such failure is a serious and imminent threat to the health and welfare of the customers of the utility, the commission may appoint a receiver or direct its staff to take such temporary action as is necessary to assure continued service. The commission may also appoint a receiver or direct its staff to take such temporary action as is necessary to assure continued service if, after notice and hearing, the commission finds that any public utility regulated under this chapter is consistently failing to provide adequate and reasonable service. In carrying out its responsibilities, the staff shall have the authority to gain access to all company utility assets and records, and to manage the company's assets in a manner which will restore or maintain an acceptable level of service. They shall be authorized to expend existing company utility revenues for labor and materials and to commit additional expenditures as are essential to providing an acceptable level of service, such expenditures to be funded in accordance with generally accepted ratemaking practices. Any costs incurred by the commission, its staff or appointed receiver under this section shall be the responsibility of the utility or its customers. The authority vested in this section shall be for a period of no more than 30 days, unless the commission otherwise directs after hearing and order.|||Source. 1989, 74:1. 1992, 169:1, eff. July 7, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:48 - Definitions.

    374:48 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Commission" means the public utilities commission.||II. [Repealed.]||II-a. "Department" means the department of energy.||III. "Excavate", "excavating", or "excavation" means any operation conducted on private property or in a public way, right-of-way, easement, public street, or other public place, in which earth, rock, or other material in the ground is moved, removed, or otherwise displaced by means of any tools, equipment, or explosive, and includes but is not limited to drilling, grading, boring, milling, trenching, tunneling, scraping, tree and root removal, cable or pipe plowing, fence or sign post installation, pile driving, wrecking, razing, rending, or moving any structure or mass material, but does not include the tilling of soil for agricultural purposes, landscaping and maintenance of residential property performed with non-mechanized equipment, landscaping activities performed with mechanized equipment that are intended to cut vegetation, including lawn edging, aeration, and de-thatching, excavations permitted or grandfathered under RSA 155-E, or replacement of department-of-transportation-installed delineator posts in the same location.||IV. "Excavator" means any person performing excavation.||IV-a. "Operator" means any public utility as defined by RSA 362:2 or RSA 362:4, any cable television system as defined by RSA 53-C:1, and any liquefied petroleum gas company operating any jurisdictional facility or facilities as defined by the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act (49 U.S.C. chapter 601) that owns or operates underground facilities.||V. "Person" means any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, United States government or any agency thereof, political subdivision of the state, or any interstate body.||VI. "System" means the underground facility damage prevention system referred to in RSA 374:49.||VII. "Underground facility" or "facility" means any property which is buried, placed below ground, or submerged on a public way, private property, right-of-way, easement, public street, or other public place and is being used or will be used for the conveyance of cable television, electricity, gas, sewerage, steam, telecommunications, or water.||VIII. "Blasting" means excavation by means of explosives.|||Source. 1983, 294:1. 1997, 298:3-5, 15. 1999, 289:13. 2001, 186:1, 2. 2007, 25:4, 5, eff. May 11, 2007. 2010, 191:3, eff. Aug. 20, 2010. 2021, 91:274, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:49 - Damage Prevention System.

    374:49 Damage Prevention System. –||Each operator shall participate in an underground facility damage prevention system. The system shall operate during regular business hours throughout the year, except Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. The system shall receive notices of proposed excavations and transmit such notices to its members.|||Source. 1983, 294:1. 1997, 298:6, eff. June 20, 1997. 2010, 191:3, eff. Aug. 20, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:50 - Rulemaking.

    374:50 Rulemaking. –||The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Minimum requirements for the operation of the system, including notification procedures.||II. Procedures for the investigation of complaints relating to this subdivision.||III. Emergency situations for which prior notice of excavation pursuant to RSA 374:51, II is not required.|||Source. 1983, 294:1. 2007, 25:6, eff. May 11, 2007. 2021, 91:275, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:52 - Notification by System.

    374:52 Notification by System. –||Upon receipt of notice of a proposed excavation, the system shall notify all affected members.|||Source. 1983, 294:1. 1997, 298:9, eff. June 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:53 - Response by Operator.

    374:53 Response by Operator. –||Within 72 hours after receipt of notice from a proposed excavator or from the system of a proposed excavation, but not including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, an operator shall mark the location of its underground facilities in the area of the proposed excavation. An operator and an excavator may by agreement fix a later time for the operator's marking of its facilities. Once an operator has marked the location of its facilities in the area of an excavation, the excavator shall be responsible for maintaining the markings. An operator who participates in an underground facility damage prevention system shall not be required to locate underground facilities not owned by the operator; underground facilities which the owner shall not be required to locate may include, but shall not be limited to, facilities running from a house to a garage or other outbuilding.|||Source. 1983, 294:1. 1997, 298:10. 2001, 186:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. 2010, 191:3, eff. Aug. 20, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:54 - Notice of Damage.

    374:54 Notice of Damage. –||When any underground facility is damaged, the excavator causing the damage shall immediately notify the affected operator. The excavation shall not be backfilled without first receiving permission from the operator whose facility was damaged.|||Source. 1983, 294:1. 1997, 298:11, eff. June 20, 1997.|