Title XXXIV, Public Utilities

Any foreign corporation which shall engage in intrastate business as a public utility within this state after May 1, 1919, shall be subject to the provisions hereof, and, by applying for authority to begin or by continuing to engage in such intrastate business after said date, sh…

A public utility for any corporate purpose approved by the commission, upon petition of the corporation, may, from time to time, with the authority of the commission as provided in this chapter, increase its capital stock or bonds beyond the amounts fixed and limited by its artic…

Whenever a public utility organized under the laws of this state shall issue (1) additional shares of its capital stock having unconditionally the general right to vote or (2) securities convertible into shares of such capital stock, it shall, except as hereinafter provided, firs…

Whenever a public utility incorporated under the laws of this state shall apply to the commission for authority to issue any stock requiring the approval of the commission, the stockholders shall not become individually liable for debts and contracts of the corporation under RSA …

A public utility may, with the approval of the commission but not otherwise, mortgage its present and future property, tangible and intangible including franchises, to secure the payment of its bonds or notes, including any bonds or notes to be thereafter issued under the provisi…

Any such public utility which may apply to the commission for authority to issue such securities shall file with its application a statement in reasonable detail, showing the actual cost already incurred and the estimated cost to be incurred for any of the purposes for which such…

The commission, after such hearing or investigation as it may deem proper, shall determine the actual or probable cost incurred or to be incurred; and, if in its judgment the issue of such securities upon the terms proposed is consistent with the public good, it shall authorize t…

Upon any application for authority to issue securities for the purpose of providing funds for discharging any indebtedness incurred by a public utility in good faith prior to July 1, 1914, in acquiring property, or for other lawful corporate purpose, no deduction shall be made fr…

I. No public utility engaged in business within this state shall issue or renew any notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness payable less than 12 months after the date thereof, except as provided in this section, by rules adopted by the commission, or by specific order of…

I. Public utilities carrying on business both within and without this state shall not be subject to the provisions of RSA 369:1-7 when the stock or obligations are to be issued for the acquisition of property, the construction, completion, extension or improvement of their facili…

The commission shall have no power to authorize the capitalization, directly or indirectly, of any franchise to be a corporation, or of any franchise or any right to own, operate or enjoy any franchise whatever in excess of the amount (exclusive of any tax or annual charge) actua…