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NH Rev Stat § 374:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:56 - Injunctions.

    374:56 Injunctions. –||If any person is making or proposes to make an excavation in a negligent or unsafe manner which may result in damage to an underground facility, the operator which owns or maintains such facility may commence an action for a temporary restraining order or injunction to prevent the excavation.|||Source. 1983, 294:1. 1997, 298:13, eff. June 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:57 - Purchase of Capacity.

    374:57 Purchase of Capacity. –||Each electric utility which enters into an agreement with a term of more than one year for the purchase of generating capacity, transmission capacity or energy shall furnish a copy of the agreement to the commission no later than the time at which the agreement is filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the Federal Power Act or, if no such filing is required, at the time such agreement is executed. The commission may disallow, in whole or part, any amounts paid by such utility under any such agreement if it finds that the utility's decision to enter into the transaction was unreasonable and not in the public interest.|||Source. 1989S, 1:2, eff. Dec. 18, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:58 - Redundant Lines.

    374:58 Redundant Lines. –||No public utility or municipal utility shall construct redundant parallel electric utility lines. Such duplication of lines shall be deemed contrary to sound economic policy and contrary to the public interest. This section shall not apply until retail electric competition is certified to exist pursuant to RSA 38:36.|||Source. 1997, 206:3, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:59 - Telephone Number Conservation and Area Code Implementation Policy Principles.

    374:59 Telephone Number Conservation and Area Code Implementation Policy Principles. –||I. In this section:||(a) "Department" means the department of energy.||(b) "Geographic split" means the division of an area code into typically 2 areas each served by its own area code.||(c) "Overlay" means the addition of a new area code serving the same geographic area as the existing area code.||II. The department should promote and adopt telephone number conservation measures to the maximum extent allowed by federal law for area code 603 and any subsequently assigned New Hampshire area codes.||III. The department should adopt measures, to the maximum extent allowable by federal law and availability of technology, to provide that all customers of all suppliers have equitable access to all currently available unassigned telephone numbers and equitable access to numbers that have not been assigned to a customer which are available for porting to a second supplier. Blocks of telephone numbers that are currently assigned but may be retrievable if thousands number block pooling becomes available should be assigned on an equitable basis to all suppliers.||IV. The department should adopt measures, to the maximum extent allowable by federal law and availability of technology, to provide for local number portability by all suppliers of local exchange service.||V. To the extent that any one competitor is responsible for managing a pool of numbers which is to be assigned to customers of that competitor and other competitors, the department should adopt policies to require that the assignment and management of the numbers be kept segregated from the marketing portion of that competitor.||VI. When determining whether to implement a new area code via geographic split or overlay the department should consider, but not be limited to, the following criteria when determining the public interest:||(a) Which method best minimizes customer disruption from having to change numbers;||(b) Which method is the least costly for business and residents;||(c) Which method best minimizes customer confusion;||(d) Which method is the least costly for providers to implement;||(e) Which method most effectively conserves the total pool of telephone numbers once a new area code is created;||(f) Which method minimizes geographic controversy;||(g) Which method is most equitable to every resident and business in New Hampshire;||(h) Which method minimizes repeating the disruption of area code changes in the future;||(i) Which method best ensures public safety;||(j) Which method is more competitively neutral; and||(k) Which method utilizes best available technology and comprehensive telecommunications planning.|||Source. 1999, 126:2, eff. June 10, 1999. 2021, 91:277, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:60 - Repealed by 2009, 71:1, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.

    374:60 Repealed by 2009, 71:1, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:61 - Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project Loan Programs.

    374:61 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project Loan Programs. –||A public utility may seek authorization from the department of energy, either individually or in combination with other public utilities, to establish loan, financing, or cost amortization programs for owners and tenants of residential, public, nonprofit, and business property to finance or otherwise amortize cost effective fuel neutral renewable energy and energy efficiency investments and improvements to the owner's or tenant's premises. The total amount loaned in such programs shall not exceed $5,000,000. The department shall authorize terms, conditions, and tariffs for the repayment of such loans and financed or underwritten investments and improvements through charges billed through and that run with the meter or meters assigned to the location where the investments are located, provided that such investments or improvements to a tenant's premises are only made with the written consent of the owner or the owner's authorized management representative. Pursuant to RSA 477:4-h, the owner, seller, lessor, or transferor of any real property subject to unamortized or ongoing charges under such a tariff shall disclose such fact to a prospective buyer, lessee, or occupant who might be responsible for paying such charges as a condition of utility service. A public utility may not finance these loan, financing, or cost amortization programs through its rate base, nor earn its regulated rate of return on such program investments and improvements to the owner's or tenant's premises, unless such investment is approved as part of a strategy for minimizing transmission and distributions costs pursuant to RSA 374-G.|||Source. 2010, 229:1, eff. Aug. 27, 2010. 2021, 91:278, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:62 - Property Owner's Consent Required for Smart Meter Gateway Devices.

    374:62 Property Owner's Consent Required for Smart Meter Gateway Devices. –||I. In this subdivision:||(a) "Smart meter gateway device" means any electric utility meter, electric utility meter component, electric utility load control device, or device ancillary to the electric utility meter, which is located at an end-user's residence or business, and which serves as a communications gateway or portal to electrical appliances, electrical equipment, or electrical devices within the end-user's residence or business, or which otherwise communicates with, monitors, or controls such electrical appliances, electrical equipment, or electrical devices.||(b) "Electric utility" means any public utility, as defined in RSA 362:2, which is engaged in the sale or distribution of electricity ultimately sold to the public, any rural electric cooperative, without regard to whether a certificate of regulation or deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission, and any municipal electric system operating pursuant to RSA 38 within or outside its municipal boundaries.||II. (a) No electric utility that sells or provides electricity within the state of New Hampshire shall install a smart meter gateway device on or in a person's home or business without the written consent of the person or persons who own the home or business.||(b) An electric utility selling or providing electricity shall create a form that the person or persons who own the home or business must sign to opt-in to having a smart meter gateway device installed on or in his or her home or business. The form shall, in at least 12-point boldface type, state that:||(1) The opt-in is optional and one's service will not be affected if one elects not to opt-in; and||(2) The device is a "smart meter gateway device," and provide the definition in subparagraph I(a).||III. When an electric utility enrolls a homeowner or business owner for electrical service at his or her home or business, the electric utility shall disclose in writing whether a smart meter gateway device has been installed, and shall remove, or allow to be removed, all smart meter gateway devices upon written request of the homeowner or business owner.|||Source. 2012, 150:1, eff. June 7, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:1 - Definitions.

    374-A:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Commission" means the public utilities commission.||II. "Domestic electric utility" means an electric utility resident in, or organized under the laws of this state.||III. "Electric power facilities" means generating units rated 25 megawatts or above and transmission facilities rated 69 kilovolts or above planned to be placed in service in New England after June 24, 1975.||IV. "Electric utility" means any individual or entity or subdivision thereof, private, governmental or other, including a municipal utility, wherever resident or organized, primarily engaged in the generation and sale or the purchase and sale of electricity or the transmission thereof, for ultimate consumption by the public.||V. "Foreign electric utility" means any electric utility other than a domestic electric utility.||VI. "Municipal utility" means a city, county, town or village district within the state, engaged in the generation and sale or the purchase and sale of electricity or the transmission thereof, for ultimate consumption by the public under RSA 38, RSA 52 or any special laws. Except where otherwise specifically provided, a municipal utility may exercise any of its powers or authority contained in this chapter through its municipal officers or members of the board of commissioners in whom the management of such municipal utility is vested.|||Source. 1975, 501:1. 1986, 70:1, eff. July 11, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:2 - Powers of Domestic Electric Utilities.

    374-A:2 Powers of Domestic Electric Utilities. –||Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general or special law relating to the powers and authorities of domestic electric utilities or any limitation imposed by a corporate or municipal charter, but subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, a domestic electric utility shall have the following additional powers:||I. To jointly or separately plan, finance, construct, purchase, operate, maintain, use, share costs of, own, mortgage, lease, sell, dispose of or otherwise participate in electric power facilities or portions thereof within or without the state or the product or service therefrom or securities issued in connection with the financing of electric power facilities or portions thereof; and||II. To enter into and perform contracts and agreements for such joint or separate planning, financing, construction, purchase, operation, maintenance, use, sharing costs of, ownership, mortgaging, leasing, sale, disposal of or other participation in electric power facilities, or portions thereof, or the product or service therefrom, or securities issued in connection with the financing of electric power facilities or portions thereof, including, without limitation, contracts and agreements for the payment of obligations imposed without regard to the operational status of a facility or facilities and contracts and agreements with domestic or foreign electric utilities for the sale or purchase of electricity from an electric power facility or facilities for long or short periods of time or for the life of a specific electric generating unit or units. Such contracts and agreements may contain provisions for arbitration, delegation, non-unanimous amendment and any other matters deemed necessary or desirable to carry out their purposes.||Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a domestic electric utility to sell electricity at wholesale or retail within or without this state except:||(a) As otherwise authorized by or under its charter or the general or special laws of this state other than by this chapter;||(b) In connection with sales of economy, backup and other energy; and||(c) For any sale or sales of capacity and related energy from a specifically identified generating unit which is an electric power facility.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:2-a - Municipal Purchase and Distribution of Electricity.

    374-A:2-a Municipal Purchase and Distribution of Electricity. –||Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a municipality may enter into an agreement with another municipality in order to jointly purchase electrical service from a facility or provider. Any municipality which enters into such an agreement may distribute electricity to any municipality which is a party to the agreement.|||Source. 1996, 192:1, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:3 - Powers of Foreign Electric Utilities.

    374-A:3 Powers of Foreign Electric Utilities. –||Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general or special law relating to the powers and authorities of foreign electric utilities, but subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, a foreign electric utility shall have the following additional powers: Jointly, with one or more other electric utilities, including at least one domestic electric utility, to construct, purchase, operate, maintain, use, own, mortgage, lease, sell, dispose of or otherwise participate in electric power facilities or portions thereof within this state or the product or service therefrom and in connection therewith to enter into and perform within the state contracts and agreements as provided in RSA 374-A:2, II; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt from state regulation any facility, product or service to which this section applies or to authorize a foreign electric utility to sell electricity at wholesale or retail within this state except:||I. As otherwise authorized by or under the laws of this state other than this chapter;||II. In connection with sales of economy, backup and other energy; and||III. For any sale or sales of capacity and related energy from a specifically identified generating unit which is an electric power facility.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:4 - Joint Ownership and Waiver of the Right of Partition.

    374-A:4 Joint Ownership and Waiver of the Right of Partition. –||If any domestic or foreign electric utility acquires or owns an interest as a tenant in common with one or more other domestic or foreign electric utilities in any electric power facilities in this state, the surrender or waiver by any such owner of such property of its right to partition such property shall not be invalid or unenforceable as unduely restricting the alienation of such property.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:5 - Taxation.

    374-A:5 Taxation. –||I. All electric power facilities, real and personal, situated within the state of any domestic electric utility other than a municipal utility, all such facilities of a municipal utility situated within the state but without its corporate limits, and all such facilities situated within the state of any foreign electric utility shall be subject to assessment and taxation as tangible property in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided by law with respect to such property of a corporation defined as a "public utility" in RSA 362:2.||II. Legislative consent is hereby given to the application to any domestic electric utility which has acquired or has an interest in an electric power facility, real or personal, situated without the state, or which is acting without the state pursuant to authority granted in this chapter, of the laws of other states with respect to taxation, payments in lieu of taxes, and the assessment thereof.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:7 - Regulation of Foreign Electric Utilities.

    374-A:7 Regulation of Foreign Electric Utilities. –||I. Each foreign electric utility which is acting pursuant to authority granted in this chapter shall, before owning or operating any electric power facilities in this state, notify the commission of the action to be taken by it and obtain the commission's permission under RSA 374:22 and 26 to the extent such permission is required by RSA 374:22; shall thereafter furnish to the commission annually a copy of the annual report filed by it with the utility regulatory agency of the state of its domicile or principal locus; and shall furnish to the commission from time to time such other information with respect to its activities in the state as the commission may reasonably request;||II. Any foreign electric utility which owns or operates any electric power facilities in this state shall:||(a) File with the secretary of state as a foreign corporation doing business in New Hampshire and consent to service of process pursuant to the provisions of RSA 293-A;||(b) Be subject to and comply with all laws and regulations applicable to the construction, operation and use of such electric power facilities; provided, however, that such foreign electric utility shall not be deemed to be a public utility for the purposes of RSA Title XXXIV except in relation to its activities as a participant in electric power facilities within the state and except to the extent that the activities in this state of such foreign electric utility exclusive of such participation in electric power facilities shall cause it to be deemed a public utility; and||(c) Be subject to the requirements of RSA 369 and other regulatory laws within the state with respect to any financing of its interest in such electric power facilities, including any borrowing or the issuance of any notes, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or securities of any nature; provided, however, that it shall be exempt from the requirements of this subparagraph upon certification filed with the commission by a regulatory agency of the state of domicile or principal locus of such foreign electric utility, or of the United States, either that said regulatory agency has general regulatory jurisdiction over the financing of such foreign electric utility or that said regulatory agency has exercised jurisdiction over, or has reviewed and not objected to, a particular proposed financing or that said regulatory agency has general supervision of such foreign electric utility in the conduct of its electric business.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:8 - Proceedings to Acquire Property or to Obtain Rights in Public Waters and Lands.

    374-A:8 Proceedings to Acquire Property or to Obtain Rights in Public Waters and Lands. –||Electric generating stations, electric substations, and lines for transmission of electricity which are electric power facilities, irrespective of the destination and ultimate use of the electricity to be so generated and transmitted, shall be electric generating stations, electric substations, and lines for transmission of electricity for which an electric utility, domestic or foreign, may petition under RSA 371 for permission to take lands, rights or easements by eminent domain or for a license to construct and maintain facilities over, under or across public waters or state lands, provided that the commission shall find that such facilities will provide a substantial benefit to the public in this state.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:9 - Provision for Exemption From Zoning Regulations.

    374-A:9 Provision for Exemption From Zoning Regulations. –||For purposes of RSA 674:30, an electric power facility located within the state and used or to be used by one or more domestic or foreign electric utilities pursuant to authority set forth in this chapter shall be considered a structure used or to be used by a public utility, and each such utility, shall be considered a public utility.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 374-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374-A - Authorizing Electric Utilities to Participate in Electric Power Facilities|Section 374-A:10 - Severability.

    374-A:10 Severability. –||This chapter shall be construed in all respects so as to meet all constitutional requirements. Except as expressly provided, this chapter shall not affect the interpretation of other laws. If any provision or clause of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter, and to that end, the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable. Each section of this chapter shall be separable from all other sections hereof and the nullification of any section from this chapter shall have no effect on the remaining sections of this chapter.|||Source. 1975, 501:1, eff. June 24, 1975.|