Title XXXIV, Public Utilities

It is found to be in the public interest to provide for small scale and diversified sources of supplemental electrical power to lessen the state's dependence upon other sources which may, from time to time, be uncertain. It is also found to be in the public interest to encourage …

For purposes of this chapter, the term "campground" means a recreational camping park on which 10 or more tents, or recreational vehicles including trailers, tent trailers, vans, pickup campers, or motor homes are used as temporary living quarters for recreational use, and a fee …

In this chapter: I. "Bio-oil" means a liquid renewable fuel derived from vegetable oils, animal fats, wood, straw, forestry byproducts, or agricultural byproducts using noncombustion thermal, chemical, or biological processes, including, but not limited to, distillation, gasifica…

Nothing in the agreement or plan approved by the commission under this chapter shall restrict access to Public Service Company of New Hampshire's (PSNH), or its successor's, power supply and transmission resources for PSNH's, or its successor's, existing New Hampshire firm wholes…

I. Plug-in solar generation systems shall be certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory to meet nationally recognized safety standards applicable to distributed energy resources and plug-in solar generation systems. II. The applicable electric distribution utility ma…

[Paragraph I effective until July 1, 2027; see also paragraph I set out below.] I. There is hereby established a renewable energy fund. This nonlapsing special fund shall be continually appropriated to the department of energy to be expended in accordance with this section; provi…

I. The department of energy, in a non-adjudicative process, shall certify the classification of an existing or proposed generation facility by issuing a determination within 45 days of receiving from an applicant sufficient information to determine its classification. The applica…

Any source seeking to qualify using an eligible biomass technology shall verify emissions in accordance with the following methods: I. For nitrogen oxide emissions, the source shall install and operate a continuous emissions monitor that meets departmental standards as codified i…

The department of energy shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, to: I. Administer the electric renewable portfolio standard program including the development of an alternative to the regional generation information system to the extent necessary. II. Ascertain, monitor, and enforce …

The increases in the annual purchase percentages in RSA 362-F:3 as compared to those in effect as of January 1, 2012 shall apply to the electrical load under any electrical power supply contracts for a term of years entered into by providers of electricity prior to or on July 1, …

I. The increases in the annual purchase percentages in RSA 362-F:3 applicable to class II for 2018 and thereafter as compared to the class II annual purchase percentages in effect as of January 1, 2017, shall not apply to the megawatt-hours delivered during the contract term unde…

I. The term "public utility" shall include every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership and person, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court, except municipal corporations and county corporations operating within their corporate…

In this chapter: I. "Begun operation" means the date that a facility, or a capital addition thereto, for the purpose of repowering to renewable energy is first placed in service for purposes of the implementing regulations of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. II. "Bi…

I. The commission may approve, upon the filing of a petition by a gas utility, recovery of costs related to prudent utility procurement of renewable natural gas and any qualified investment, including the use of an associated cost recovery mechanism, if the commission determines …

To retain and provide for generator fuel diversity, each electric distribution company that is subject to the commission's approval regarding procurement of default service shall offer to purchase the net energy output of any eligible facility located in its service territory in …

Qualifying small power producers and qualifying cogenerators shall be exempt from all rules and statutes relative to electric utility rates or relative to the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities.

In this chapter: I. "Agreement" means the agreement dated as of November 22, 1989, as amended through December 14, 1989, executed by and between the governor and attorney general of the state of New Hampshire, acting on behalf of the state of New Hampshire, and Northeast Utilitie…

I. A limited producer of electrical energy shall have the authority to sell its produced electrical energy to not more than 3 purchasers other than the franchise electric utility, unless additional authority to sell is otherwise allowed by statute or commission order. Such purcha…

I. In this section, the terms "capacity commitment period," "capacity supply obligation," "coincident peak demand," and "load-serving entity (LSE)" shall have the meanings as used by ISO New England, Inc. (ISO-NE). II. The public utilities commission is authorized to approve one …

For each year specified in the table below, each provider of electricity shall obtain and retire certificates sufficient in number and class type to meet or exceed the following percentages of total megawatt-hours of electricity supplied by the provider to its end-use customers t…

There is a hydrogen advisory committee established in the department of energy, through the office of energy innovation. I. The advisory committee shall consist of: (a) The commissioner of the department of energy, or designee. (b) The commissioner of the department of business a…

I. The entire output of electric energy of such limited electrical energy producers, if offered for sale to the electric utility, shall be purchased by the electric public utility which serves the franchise area in which the installations of such producers are located. II. No pur…

The term "common carrier by rail" shall include every corporation, company association, joint stock association, partnership and person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court, owning or operating any railroad for common carriage of passengers or freight or …

The commission is authorized, after hearing, in one or more proceedings to be initiated and completed during the pendency of the Public Service Company of New Hampshire bankruptcy, to determine whether the implementation of the agreement would be consistent with the public good. …

If a provider of electricity has revenue grade meter data on the quantity of exports to the grid from a qualifying storage system as defined in RSA 362-A:1-a to the extent that it is charged from the grid, such amounts may be deducted from the calculation of electricity supplied …

The term "sale" shall not include electric submetering in campgrounds for the purpose of calculating reimbursable amounts among submeter users; provided, that reimbursable amounts shall be distributed pro-rata among submeter users and do not exceed the total amount charged by the…

Authorized providers of shared tenant services as defined in RSA 374:22-k shall not be deemed to be telecommunications carriers within the meaning of the Communications Act of 1934 or public utilities within the meaning of this title.

I. Class I (New) shall include the production of electricity or useful thermal energy from any of the following, provided the source began operation after January 1, 2006, except as noted below: (a) Wind energy. (b) Geothermal energy, but for useful thermal energy, the unit must …

For purposes of RSA 362-H:3: I. "Hydrogen" means hydrogen derived from a clean energy resource that uses water as the source of the hydrogen. For purposes of hydrogen electricity generation and hydrogen transmission, a hydrogen project may include associated clean energy generati…

I. Every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, or person shall be deemed to be a public utility by reason of the ownership or operation of any water or sewage disposal system or part thereof. If the whole of such water or sewage disposal system …

Public utilities purchasing electrical energy in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall pay rates per kilowatt hour to be set from time to time by the commission. Such rates shall be based on the purchasing utility's avoided costs. The commission may set long term r…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall establish a 5.5 percent temporary rate surcharge to be made effective on January 1, 1990, for the retail electric rates of Public Service Company of New Hampshire, or its successor, in accordance with the agreement.…

Any qualifying small power production facility already subject to rates established by order of the commission may increase its capacity and energy or energy, provided it continues to be a small power production facility. Any capacity additions and the associated energy additions…

I. A municipal corporation furnishing electric utility services outside its municipal boundaries shall not be considered a public utility under this title for the purpose of accounting, reporting, or auditing functions with respect to said service. II. A municipal corporation fur…

I. The term "public utility" shall not include any corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership and person, their lessee, trustee or receiver appointed by any court, or assignee, which provides, sells, delivers, or stores liquefied petroleum gas in cyli…

I. The term "public utility" shall not include any entity determined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to be an exempt wholesale generator, nor shall it include any corporation, company, association, limited liability company, joint stock association, partnership, or pe…

I. The commission shall independently and expeditiously consider any mutually acceptable agreement for the buydown, buyout, or renegotiation of any existing commission order providing for qualifying facility power sales or power purchase agreement regardless of the status of any …

The term "public utility" shall not include any corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, or person, their lessee, trustee, or receiver appointed by any court, or assignee, by virtue of its being engaged in the manufacture, furnishing, or sale of ho…

An electric utility that is party to an approved renegotiation of a commission order under RSA 362-A:4-c shall be entitled to retain 20 percent of the savings resulting from such renegotiation.

Any dispute arising under the provisions of this chapter may be referred by any party to the commission for adjudication.

Commencing in January 2011, 2018, and 2025 the department of energy shall conduct a review of the class requirements in RSA 362-F:3 and other aspects of the electric renewable portfolio standard program established by this chapter. Thereafter, the department of energy shall make …

The commission may exempt any person or corporation engaged in manufacturing and carrying on in this state a manufacturing establishment the product of which is something besides power, and producing electricity primarily for the operation of such establishment or incidental ther…

The authorization granted to the commission in RSA 362-C:3 shall extend to any alternative reorganization plan which the commission affirmatively finds will resolve the Public Service Company of New Hampshire bankruptcy case and will result in the same or lower costs and risks to…

I. The electric renewable portfolio standard program established in this chapter shall utilize the regional generation information system (GIS) of energy certificates administered by ISO-New England and the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) or their successors. If the regional GIS …

If the commission takes final action under RSA 362-C:3 or RSA 362-C:5 to approve the agreement and to fix the rates for Public Service Company of New Hampshire or its successor in the manner prescribed in the agreement, or to approve and implement an alternative reorganization pl…