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NH Rev Stat § 378:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:46 - Cramming Prohibited.

    378:46 Cramming Prohibited. –||No billing aggregator or service provider shall engage in cramming. Any billing aggregator or service provider that engages in cramming shall be subject to an administrative fine in an amount to be determined by the commission, not to exceed $1,000 per offense. The commission may consider intent as a factor when assessing administrative fines. The commission may prohibit a billing aggregator or service provider that engages in cramming from billing through the utility company.|||Source. 1999, 168:1. 2002, 12:2, eff. Mar. 25, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:47 - Charges by Service Providers.

    378:47 Charges by Service Providers. –||I. (a) Upon determining that it is technically and economically feasible, the commission shall require local exchange carriers to permit a customer to place a block on an account that prevents any non-telecommunications-related charges that do not originate from the customer's local exchange or long distance carrier from appearing on the customer's local exchange carrier bill.||(b) A local exchange carrier is prohibited from terminating the essential voice local exchange service of any customer for failure to pay charges from a billing aggregator or service provider that are disputed by the customer.||II. (a) Upon determining that it is technically and economically feasible, the commission shall require electric and gas distribution companies to permit a customer to place a block on an account that prevents any charges that do not originate from the customer's energy supplier or distribution company from appearing on the customer's distribution company bill.||(b) An electric or gas distribution company is prohibited from terminating the transition service, default service, or distribution service of any customer for failure to pay charges from a billing aggregator or service provider.|||Source. 1999, 168:1. 2002, 12:2, eff. Mar. 25, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:48 - Rulemaking.

    378:48 Rulemaking. –||The commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, and consistent with rules regarding cramming adopted by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to enforce the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1999, 168:1. 2002, 12:2, eff. Mar. 25, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:49 - Disclosure of Electric Service Energy Sources and Environmental Characteristics.

    378:49 Disclosure of Electric Service Energy Sources and Environmental Characteristics. –||I. The public utilities commission shall, after notice and hearing, by order or rule, approve a standard format and methodology that providers of electricity, as defined in RSA 362-F:2, XIV, shall use when providing information to existing or prospective customers regarding the energy sources and environmental characteristics of their electric service. Such information shall include but not be limited to:||(a) A presentation of energy sources used to generate the electricity and their respective contributions to the service's total energy mix, by percentage;||(b) The environmental characteristics of the service's energy mix, including but not limited to air pollutant emission rates; and||(c) A comparison of source and emissions data between the service's energy mix and the average energy mix of the region available from the Independent System Operator of New England.||II. Each provider of electricity, as defined in RSA 362-F:2, XIV, shall in standard format:||(a) Provide and make easily accessible on the provider's Internet site the information for each electric service that it sells in the state;||(b) Update such information at least annually; and||(c) Provide such information to electric customers at least annually in conjunction with billing, whether distributed through the mail or online, or other mailed or online communication to customers, as approved by the commission, including the commission's estimated cost on a per kilowatt-hour basis for compliance with the electric renewable portfolio standard under RSA 362-F for the prior compliance year. The estimated cost for the compliance year shall be calculated once per year and provided in the customer's December bill, whether distributed through the mail or online. Each customer's bill shall identify the cost as an estimate and provide a link to information about the electric renewable portfolio standard, including its benefits, at the public utilities commission's website. The costs for a utility to provide this information shall be recovered from electric customers through the distribution rates of the respective electric distribution utility.||III. Appropriate access or reference to relevant public information, including emissions by source, that is more detailed than that contained in the standard format shall be included in the standard format.|||Source. 2010, 336:1, eff. Oct. 18, 2010. 2018, 375:1, eff. Oct. 2, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:50 - Definitions.

    378:50 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Data sharing" means providing data and accessing data provided by others.||II. "Individual customer data" means the customer's name, address, opt-in status pursuant to RSA 374:62, energy usage as recorded by meters supplied by electric and natural gas utilities, and other data segments established and authorized by the department of energy.||III. "Third party" means:||(a) Any service provider within the meaning of RSA 363:37, II other than a utility; and||(b) The office of the consumer advocate established pursuant to RSA 363:28.|||Source. 2019, 286:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019. 2021, 91:292, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:51 - Online Energy Data Platform Established.

    378:51 Online Energy Data Platform Established. –||I. The department of energy shall require electric and natural gas utilities to establish and jointly operate a statewide, multi-use, online energy data platform. The data platform shall:||(a) Consist of a common base of energy data for use in wide range of applications and business uses.||(b) Adhere to specific and well-documented standards.||(c) Provide a user-friendly interface.||(d) Adhere to a common statewide logical data model that defines the relationships among the various categories of data included in the platform.||(e) Allow for sharing of individual customer data consistent with the opt-in requirements for third-party access specified in RSA 363:38.||(f) Protect from unauthorized disclosure the personally identifying information of utility customers in a manner that advances applicable constitutional and statutory privacy rights, including the protections of RSA 363:38.||(g) Provide for the voluntary participation of municipal utilities and deregulated rural electric cooperatives in data sharing and the operation of the online energy data platform, subject to terms, conditions, and cost sharing which are reasonable and in the public interest.||II. The commission shall open an adjudicative proceeding within 90 days of the effective date of this subdivision, to which all electric and natural gas utilities shall be mandatory parties, to determine:||(a) Governance, development, implementation, change management, and versioning of the statewide, multi-use, online energy data platform.||(b) Standards for data accuracy, retention, availability, privacy, and security, including the integrity and uniformity of the logical data model.||(c) Financial security standards or other mechanisms to assure compliance with privacy standards by third parties.||III. The department of energy shall defer the implementation of the statewide, multi-use, online energy data platform pursuant to paragraph I if the commission determines that the cost of such platform to be recovered from customers is unreasonable and not in the public interest.||IV. The department of energy may adopt additional rules pursuant to RSA 541-A as necessary to implement this section.|||Source. 2019, 286:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019. 2021, 91:292, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:52 - Platform Requirements.

    378:52 Platform Requirements. –||The utilities shall:||I. Design and operate the energy data platform to provide opportunities for utilities, their customers, and third parties to access the online energy data platform and to participate in data sharing.||II. Require, as a condition of accessing the online energy data platform, that a third party complete a qualification and registration process to ensure that any customer data downloaded from the platform remains in a safe, secure environment according to data privacy standards established by the department of energy.||III. Administer the online energy data platform in a manner consistent with RSA 363:38.|||Source. 2019, 286:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019. 2021, 91:292, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:53 - Certification.

    378:53 Certification. –||The platform established under RSA 378:51 shall be certified by the Green Button Alliance and support the Energy Service Provider Interface of the North American Energy Standards Board and the Green Button "Connect My Data" initiative of the Green Button Alliance.|||Source. 2019, 286:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 378:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 378 - Rates and Charges|Section 378:54 - Cost Recovery.

    378:54 Cost Recovery. –||The utilities may:||I. Impose reasonable charges to third parties for access to data via the multi-use, online energy data platform; and||II. Otherwise recover costs from customers in a timely manner as approved by the commission.|||Source. 2019, 286:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:1 - Joint Service by Railroads.

    379:1 Joint Service by Railroads. –||I. The commissioner of transportation, after a hearing upon complaint or on his own initiative, may establish joint services for 2 or more railroads when the lines could form a continuous line by:||(a) Construction and maintenance of suitable connections;||(b) Joint use of equipment.||II. The commissioner may determine the rates, fares and charges to be used by railroads engaged in joint services and may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to rates, fares, charges and classifications.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. 1917, 76:4. PL 243:1. RL 293:1. 1951, 203:47 par. 1. RSA 379:1. 1981, 435:40. 1985, 402:22.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:2 - Division of Rates.

    379:2 Division of Rates. –||The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the division of joint rates, fares, charges, and classifications between railroads engaging in joint services whenever the division shall not be made by agreement. Any division agreed upon shall be subject to revision by the department if found to be inconsistent with the public interest.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. 1917, 76:4. PL 243:2. RL 293:2. 1951, 203:47 par. 2. RSA 379:2. 1981, 435:41. 1985, 402:23.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:3 - Through Routes.

    379:3 Through Routes. –||In establishing such through route, the department of transportation shall not require any railroad without its consent to embrace in such route substantially less than the entire length of its railroad and of any intermediate railroad operated in conjunction, and under a common management or control, therewith which lies between the termini of such proposed through route, unless to do so would make such through route unreasonably long as compared with another practicable through route which could otherwise be established.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. PL 243:3. RL 293:3. 1951, 203:47 par. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:4 - Use of Motive Power.

    379:4 Use of Motive Power. –||No railroad shall be required to allow the use of any motive power, other than its own, upon its railroad.|||Source. 1855, 1666:2. GS 150:2. GL 164:2. PS 157:11. PL 247:11. RL 297:11. 1951, 203:47 par. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:5 - Termination.

    379:5 Termination. –||Whenever joint service has been established by 2 or more railroads, the department shall have authority to prevent any unjust or unreasonable termination of the same or to order the reestablishment of such service if so terminated.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. PL 243:4. RL 293:4. 1951, 203:47 par. 5. RSA 379:5. 1985, 402:24.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:6 - Fixing Rates.

    379:6 Fixing Rates. –||Whenever, after hearing and investigation, the department shall find any joint rate, fare, charge or price demanded and collected for any existing joint service participated in by 2 or more railroads to be unjust, unreasonable or discriminatory, it shall fix the same upon a just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. PL 243:5. RL 293:5. 1951, 203:47 par. 6. RSA 379:6. 1985, 402:25.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:7 - Apportionment.

    379:7 Apportionment. –||If the railroads affected thereby shall fail to agree upon the division or apportionment thereof, the department may prescribe the division of such joint rates, fares, charges and classifications between such railroads and may revise any division agreed upon which shall be found inconsistent with the public interest.|||Source. 1913, 145:12. PL 243:6. RL 293:6. 1951, 203:47 par. 7. RSA 379:7. 1985, 402:26.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:8 - Furnishing.

    379:8 Furnishing. –||Every railroad, upon the application of any shipper or receiver, or contemplated shipper or receiver of freight, for a switch connection between the railroad and any existing or contemplated track, tracks or railroad of such applicant shall make such connection and provide such switches and tracks as may be necessary for that purpose and deliver and receive cars thereover; provided, that such connection is reasonably practicable and can be installed and used without materially increasing the hazard of the operation of the railroad with which such connection is sought, and that the business which may reasonably be expected to be received by such railroad over such connection is sufficient to justify the expense of such connection to such railroad.|||Source. 1917, 76:5. PL 243:7. RL 293:7. 1951, 203:47 par. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:9 - Spurs.

    379:9 Spurs. –||Under the conditions specified in RSA 379:8, every railroad, upon the application of any shipper or receiver or contemplated shipper or receiver of freight, shall construct upon its right of way a spur or spurs for the purpose of receiving and delivering freight thereby, and shall receive and deliver freight thereby.|||Source. 1917, 76:5. PL 243:8. RL 293:8. 1951, 203:47 par. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:10 - Refusal to Provide Spurs.

    379:10 Refusal to Provide Spurs. –||Whenever the department of transportation, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that application has been made to a railroad for a connection or spur as provided herein, and that the railroad has refused to provide the same upon reasonable terms, and that the applicant is entitled to have the same provided for him, the department of transportation shall make an order requiring the providing of such connection or spur and the maintenance and use of the same upon reasonable terms, which the department of transportation shall have the power to prescribe.|||Source. 1917, 76:5. PL 243:9. RL 293:9. 1951, 203:47 par. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:11 - Apportionment of Cost.

    379:11 Apportionment of Cost. –||Whenever any such connection or spur has been so provided, any corporation or person shall be entitled to connect with the track, tracks or railroad thereby connected with the railroad of the railroad company and to use the same, or to use the spur so provided, upon payment to the party or parties incurring the primary expense of such track, tracks or railroad or the connection therewith or of such spur of a reasonable proportion of the cost thereof to be determined by the department of transportation after notice to the interested parties and hearing; provided, that such connection and use can be made without unreasonable interference with the rights of such party or parties.|||Source. 1917, 76:5. PL 243:10. RL 293:10. 1951, 203:47 par. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:12 - Switching.

    379:12 Switching. –||The department of transportation shall likewise have the power to require one railroad to switch to private spurs and industrial tracks upon its own railroad the cars of a connecting railroad and to prescribe the terms and compensation for such service.|||Source. 1917, 76:5. PL 243:11. RL 293:11. 1951, 203:47 par. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:13 - Petition.

    379:13 Petition. –||Any railroad may, upon petition to the department of transportation, jointly use any of the facilities of an existing railroad when the department of transportation finds the joint use to be for the public good. The commissioner of transportation may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the terms and restrictions of joint use.|||Source. 1929, 180:1. RL 293:12. 1951, 203:47 par. 13. RSA 379:13. 1981, 435:42, eff. June 23, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:14 - Procedure.

    379:14 Procedure. –||The department of transportation shall, upon notice to all parties in interest, hear and determine whether the right prayed for is for the public good and the compensation to be paid therefor, and shall render judgment accordingly. Notice published at least 14 days prior to said hearing in any newspaper published in the state 6 days each week shall be proper notice to all parties.|||Source. 1929, 180:2. RL 293:13. 1951, 203:47 par. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:15 - Appeal on Damages.

    379:15 Appeal on Damages. –||Any party aggrieved by the order of the department of transportation awarding damages in such case may within 60 days after the entry of its order, and not afterward, file in the superior court of any county in which are located any of the lines, tracks, rights of way, stations, equipment, or facilities, the joint use of which is sought, a petition to have damages assessed by a jury, upon which petition notice shall be given, and the court shall assess such damages by jury.|||Source. 1929, 180:3. RL 293:14. 1951, 203:47 par. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 379:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 379 - Joint, Connecting, and Terminal Service|Section 379:16 - Fees.

    379:16 Fees. –||In such proceedings, the department of transportation shall charge and collect fees as follows: for the entry of each petition, $25; for the making of each order of notice for service upon parties in interest, $5; for each notice by publication, the actual cost thereof; and for the entry of each order granting joint use of lines, tracks, rights of way, stations, equipment, or facilities in any such case, $10.|||Source. 1929, 180:4. RL 293:15. 1951, 203:47 par. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:1 - Railroad's Liability.

    380:1 Railroad's Liability. –||Every railroad shall be liable for all damages to any person or property by fire or steam from any locomotive or other engine upon their road.|||Source. RS 142:8. CS 150:59. GS 148:8. GL 162:8. PS 159:29. PL 250:1. RL 300:1. 1951, 203:59 par. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:2 - Insurable Interest.

    380:2 Insurable Interest. –||Such railroads shall have an insurable interest in all property situate upon the line of their road which is exposed to such damage, and they may effect insurance thereon for their own benefit.|||Source. RS 142:9. CS 150:60. 1861, 2489:1. GS 148:9. GL 162:9. PS 159:30. PL 250:2. RL 300:2. 1951, 203:59 par. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 380:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 380 - Railroads; Fire Damage and Prevention|Section 380:3 - Owner's Insurance.

    380:3 Owner's Insurance. –||Such railroads shall be entitled to the benefit of any insurance effected upon such property by the owner thereof, less the cost of premium and of expense of recovery. The insurance shall be deducted from the damages if recovered before the damages are assessed, or, if not, the policy shall be assigned to the railroads who may maintain an action thereon.|||Source. 1861, 2489:1. GS 148:10. GL 162:10. PS 159:31. PL 250:3. RL 300:3. 1951, 203:59 par. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|