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NH Rev Stat § 374:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:14 - False Entries, Etc.

    374:14 False Entries, Etc. –||No person shall willfully make any false entry in the accounts or records of any public utility, or willfully destroy, mutilate or by any other means falsify such accounts or records, or willfully neglect or fail to make full, true or correct entries of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of any public utility, which it is his duty to make; provided, that the commission may at its discretion issue orders specifying operating, accounting or financial accounts, records, memoranda, books or papers of public utilities which may, after a reasonable time, be destroyed, and may prescribe the length of time the same shall be preserved.|||Source. 1913, 98:1. PL 240:13. RL 289:13. 1951, 203:31, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:15 - Filing.

    374:15 Filing. –||Every public utility shall file with the commission and the department of energy reports at such times, verified by oath in such manner, and setting forth such statistics and facts, as may be required by the commission or the department of energy.|||Source. 1911, 164:8. PL 240:14. RL 289:14. 1951, 203:32, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:265, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:16 - Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V.

    374:16 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:17 - Neglect to Report.

    374:17 Neglect to Report. –||If any public utility shall neglect or refuse to make and file any report within a time specified by the commission or the department of energy, or shall neglect or refuse to make specific answer to any question lawfully asked by the commission or the department of energy, it shall forfeit to the state the sum of $100 for each day it shall continue to be in default with respect to such report or answer, unless it shall be excused from making such report or answer, or unless the time for making the same shall be extended.|||Source. 1911, 164:8. PL 240:16. RL 289:16. 1951, 203:34, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:266, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:18 - Production of Books, Etc.

    374:18 Production of Books, Etc. –||The commission, by order, or the department of energy, may require any public utility to produce within the state, at such time and place as it may designate, any accounts, records, memoranda, books, or papers kept in any office or place without the state, or verified copies thereof, in order that an examination thereof may be made by or under the direction of the commission or the department of energy.|||Source. 1913, 145:8. PL 240:17. RL 289:17. 1951, 203:35, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:266, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:19 - False Statements, Etc.

    374:19 False Statements, Etc. –||No public utility shall willfully make any false statement or false entry in any report to the commission or the department of energy, or in any answer to any question lawfully asked by the commission or the department of energy.|||Source. 1913, 145:8. PL 240:18. RL 289:18. 1951, 203:36, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:266, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:20 - Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V.

    374:20 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:21 - Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V.

    374:21 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22 - Other Public Utilities.

    374:22 Other Public Utilities. –||I. No person or business entity, including any person or business entity that qualifies as an excepted local exchange carrier, shall commence business as a public utility within this state, or shall engage in such business, or begin the construction of a plant, line, main, or other apparatus or appliance to be used therein, in any town in which it shall not already be engaged in such business, or shall exercise any right or privilege under any franchise not theretofore actually exercised in such town, without first having obtained the permission and approval of the commission.||II. No permission or approval under this section shall be required to be obtained by a foreign electric utility as defined in RSA 374-A:1 in connection with its participation in an electric power facility as defined in said section where the electric utility having the largest financial interest therein and the utility or utilities having primary responsibility for the construction or operation of the facility are domestic electric utilities as defined in said section or have obtained such permission.||III. No water company shall obtain the permission or approval of the commission to operate as a public utility without first satisfying any requirements of the department of environmental services concerning the suitability and availability of water for the applicant's proposed water utility.|||Source. 1911, 164:13. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:21. RL 289:21. 1951, 203:38. RSA 374:22. 1975, 501:4. 1981, 449:2. 1985, 222:1. 1989, 138:6. 1996, 228:51, eff. July 1, 1996. 2012, 177:10, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-a - Repealed by 1989, 240:8, II, eff. July 23, 1989.

    374:22-a Repealed by 1989, 240:8, II, eff. July 23, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-b - Repealed by 1989, 240:8, III, eff. July 23, 1989.

    374:22-b Repealed by 1989, 240:8, III, eff. July 23, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-c - Repealed by 1989, 240:8, IV, eff. July 23, 1989.

    374:22-c Repealed by 1989, 240:8, IV, eff. July 23, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-d - Repealed by 1989, 240:8, V, eff. July 23, 1989.

    374:22-d Repealed by 1989, 240:8, V, eff. July 23, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-e - Service Territories; Department of Energy Jurisdiction.

    374:22-e Service Territories;  Department of Energy Jurisdiction. –||I. If 2 or more telephone utilities find that they provide the same service in the same area or that existing maps create overlapping service territories, the department of energy, upon application by one or both of the affected utilities, shall define, alter, or establish service territories. In establishing or altering service territories, the department of energy shall consider the following:||(a) Existing service areas;||(b) Any voluntary agreements between or among 2 or more such telephone utilities which define the service territories of those utilities;||(c) Consistency with the orderly development of the region;||(d) Natural geographical boundaries;||(e) Compatibility with the interests of all consumers; and||(f) All other relevant factors.||II. The department of energy shall have power to exercise the jurisdiction conferred in this section only after due notice to all interested parties and hearing. After consideration of the factors established by paragraph I of this section, and after making findings that the service territories established or altered are consistent with the public good, the department of energy shall establish the service territory of each telephone utility. The service territory thus established shall be sufficiently definite and precise so that its boundaries may be accurately determined.|||Source. 1990, 109:1, eff. June 12, 1990. 2021, 91:267, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-f - Repealed by 2008, 350:2, eff. Sept. 5, 2008.

    374:22-f Repealed by 2008, 350:2, eff. Sept. 5, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-g - Service Territories Served by Certain Telephone Utilities.

    374:22-g Service Territories Served by Certain Telephone Utilities. –||I. To the extent consistent with federal law and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all telephone franchise areas served by a telephone utility that provides local exchange service, subject to the jurisdiction of the department of energy, shall be nonexclusive. The department of energy, upon petition or on its own motion, shall have the authority to authorize the providing of telecommunications services, including local exchange services, and any other telecommunications services, by more than one provider, in any service territory, when the department of energy finds and determines that it is consistent with the public good unless prohibited by federal law.||II. In determining the public good, the commission shall consider the interests of competition with other factors including, but not limited to, fairness; economic efficiency; universal service; carrier of last resort obligations; the incumbent utility's opportunity to realize a reasonable return on its investment; and the recovery from competitive providers of expenses incurred by the incumbent utility to benefit competitive providers, taking into account the proportionate benefit or savings, if any, derived by the incumbent as a result of incurring such expenses.||III. The department of energy shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the enforcement of this section.|||Source. 1995, 147:3. 2008, 350:1, eff. Sept. 5, 2008. 2021, 91:268, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-h - Oversight Committee; Establishment.

    374:22-h Oversight Committee;  Establishment. –||I. There shall be an oversight committee on telecommunications consisting of 7 members as follows:||(a) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.||(b) Five members of the house science, technology and energy committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.||II. Membership on the oversight committee shall be for the biennium and shall be coterminous with membership in the general court.|||Source. 1997, 201:1. 2008, 27:1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-i (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-i - Organization and Compensation.

    374:22-i Organization and Compensation. –||The oversight committee shall have a chairperson who shall be chosen by vote from among the committee membership. The chairperson's term of office shall be for the biennium. The committee shall have a clerk who shall be chosen by vote by members of the committee. The clerk's term of office shall be for the biennium. The committee shall meet immediately upon the close of each legislative session. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The legislative members of the committee shall receive legislative mileage when in performance of their duties.|||Source. 1997, 201:1. 2008, 27:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-j (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-j - Duties of the Oversight Committee.

    374:22-j Duties of the Oversight Committee. –||The committee's duties shall include, but not be limited to:||I. Examining the restructuring of telecommunications services and rates.||II. Examining the issue of the resale of telecommunications services and the feasibility of facilitating the resale process.||III. Considering the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of installing certain high-speed telecommunications lines.||IV. Exploring the feasibility of establishing special rates for educational institutions, to the extent that it has not occurred.||V. Examining the issue of rural access and delivery.||VI. Examining the expansion of internet access to all parts of New Hampshire, including rural areas.||VII. Examining the improvement of access to on-line services.||VIII. Examining the issues of encryption and data security in computer networks.||IX. Examining the issue of municipal aggregation of local, toll, and other telecommunications services.||X. Monitoring the issue of special contracts by telephone utilities.||XI. Examining the issue of non-disclosure by telecommunications carriers of customer information including information related to services subscribed to by individual customers.||XII. Examining the issue of network congestion on facilities and equipment owned by telephone utilities.||XIII. Monitoring the progress of the office of department of energy in relation to wireless telecommunications facilities.||XIV. Monitoring the progress of a la carte programming substitute initiatives to a la carte programming in the cable television industry, and monitoring impacts of television violence on children and initiatives addressing those concerns.||XV. Submitting a report, together with any recommendations for legislation, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the governor on or before November 1 of each year.||XVI. Examining the assessment of surcharges on pay telephone use.||XVII. Studying the implementation of a statewide emergency notification system which is appropriate for both state and local needs and considering possible funding sources for such system. The committee shall consider a reverse 911-system and other means of notification.|||Source. 1997, 201:1. 2000, 179:2. 2001, 218:1. 2003, 319:9. 2004, 257:44. 2007, 229:1, eff. June 25, 2007. 2017, 156:64, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 91:200, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-k (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-k - Definitions.

    374:22-k Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Number retention" means the ability of a telephone service customer to retain that customer's direct inward dialing telephone number at the same location, or a different location served by the central office that provides private branch exchange service to the shared tenant services provider, when switching service providers.||II. "Private branch exchange" means a telephone switch that can switch voice and data communications among the users of such switch, to the local telephone utility's central office or directly to inter-exchange carriers.||III. "Shared tenant services" means voice and data communications services under which tenants at a single building, business park, office park, or mall are provided with such services through a private branch exchange.|||Source. 1997, 288:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-l (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-l - Shared Tenant Services Authorized; Limited Regulation.

    374:22-l Shared Tenant Services Authorized;  Limited Regulation. –||I. The department of energy shall authorize the provision of shared tenant services by providers meeting the minimum requirements established by the department of energy to operate shared tenant services networks.||II. Providers of shared tenant services shall be subject to the following limited regulation by the department of energy:||(a) Providers of shared tenant services shall disclose to tenants and prospective tenants all pricing information relative to their services in the manner prescribed by the department of energy.||(b) Providers of shared tenant services shall disclose to tenants and prospective tenants that they can at their option obtain basic exchange and other service from an authorized local telephone utility rather than from the shared tenant services provider.||(c) Without penalty and in accordance with the rules of the department of energy, telephone number retention and access to telecommunications services shall be permitted by providers of shared tenant services and authorized local telephone utilities into and out of shared tenant services properties.||(d) The department of energy shall have jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to the unauthorized provision of shared tenant services, violations of department rules relating to shared tenant services, and customer complaints against shared tenant services providers.|||Source. 1997, 288:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2021, 91:269, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-m (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-m - Rulemaking.

    374:22-m Rulemaking. –||The department of energy shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Minimum requirements for shared tenant services, including disclosure of available options and terms and prices of shared tenant services.||II. Customer access to services of authorized local telephone utilities.||III. Telephone number retention and recovery of costs, if any, associated with number retention.||IV. The charges a local telephone utility establishes for a shared tenant services provider to purchase services for use by the provider's tenants.||V. Procedures for complaints to the department regarding shared tenant services.|||Source. 1997, 288:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2021, 91:269, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-n (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-n - Penalty.

    374:22-n Penalty. –||Any person who violates the provisions of this subdivision shall, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per day of such violation.|||Source. 1997, 288:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-o (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-o - Regulation of Competitive Telecommunications Providers Limited.

    374:22-o Regulation of Competitive Telecommunications Providers Limited. –||Any person or business entity authorized by the department of energy to engage in business as a competitive local exchange carrier and any competitive toll provider having less than a 10 percent share of toll revenue in New Hampshire shall not be required to seek prior department approval of financings or corporate organizational changes, including, without limitation, mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, issuance or transfer of securities, or the sale, lease, or other transfer of assets or control. Nothing in this section shall exempt any such competitive telecommunications service provider from such advance notice as the department may prescribe or from the requirements of RSA 374:28-a or RSA 378:46.|||Source. 2000, 276:4. 2001, 248:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2001. 2021, 91:270, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:22-q (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:22-q - Repealed by 2021, 19:4, I, eff. July 5, 2021.

    374:22-q Repealed by 2021, 19:4, I, eff. July 5, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:23 - Repealed by 1977, 304:2, eff. Aug. 26, 1977.

    374:23 Repealed by 1977, 304:2, eff. Aug. 26, 1977. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:24 - Foreign Business Entity.

    374:24 Foreign Business Entity. –||No permission under RSA 374:22 shall be granted to any business entity not organized under the laws of this state, and no authority to transfer or lease the franchises, works, or system, or any part of the franchises, works, or system of any public utility in this state to any such business entity shall be granted under RSA 374:30. Business entities which are public utilities organized under the laws of another state and which furnish utility service in towns outside the state may furnish utility service to New Hampshire towns adjacent to the state boundaries when the public utilities commission finds this service to be in the public interest.|||Source. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:22. RL 289:22. RSA 374:24. 1967, 181:1. 1981, 449:3, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:25 - Exceptions.

    374:25 Exceptions. –||RSA 374:24 shall not apply to:||I. Any business entity operating a public utility plant in this state on June 1, 1911, or doing or desiring to do an interstate business;||II. Any electric utility as defined in RSA 374-A:1 participating or desiring to participate in an electric power facility within this state in accordance with RSA 374-A;||III. Any foreign business entity authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to operate motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire in interstate commerce over the highways of this state which presently conducts or desires to conduct the business of transportation of passengers and/or baggage, mail, newspapers and express in the same vehicles with passengers for hire by motor vehicles in intrastate commerce; or||IV. Any telecommunications utility, foreign or domestic, fully registered with the New Hampshire secretary of state and in compliance with commission requirements.|||Source. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:23. RL 289:23. RSA 374:25. 1955, 101:1. 1975, 501:2. 1981, 449:4. 1994, 193:4, eff. July 23, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:26 - Permission.

    374:26 Permission. –||The commission shall grant such permission whenever it shall, after due hearing, find that such engaging in business, construction or exercise of right, privilege or franchise would be for the public good, and not otherwise; and may prescribe such terms and conditions for the exercise of the privilege granted under such permission as it shall consider for the public interest. Such permission may be granted without hearing when all interested parties are in agreement.|||Source. 1911, 164:13. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:24. RL 289:24. RSA 374:26. 1961, 130:1, eff. July 17, 1961.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:26-a - Repealed by 2007, 25:12, I, eff. May 11, 2007.

    374:26-a Repealed by 2007, 25:12, I, eff. May 11, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:27 - Time Limit.

    374:27 Time Limit. –||Authority granted under RSA 374:20-22 and 374:24-26 may only be exercised within 2 years after the same shall be granted, and shall not be exercised thereafter.|||Source. 1911, 164:13. 1913, 145:13. PL 240:25. RL 289:25.|