HB 193 – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 193
AN ACT relative to efficient renewable energy programs.
SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills 13; Rep. Hirschmann, Hills 17
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill requires restructured electric utilities to propose efficient renewable energy programs.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0292
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to efficient renewable energy programs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Energy Efficiency Program; Efficient Renewable Energy Programs. Amend 2001, 29:14, as amended by 2002, 268:6, to read as follows:
29:14 Energy Efficiency Program; Efficient Renewable Energy Programs.
I. The public utilities commission shall phase-in, as quickly as can be effectively administered by Public Service Company of New Hampshire, an energy efficiency program for Public Service Company of New Hampshire that is funded at a rate of $0.0018 per kilowatt-hour to be allocated from the system benefits charge. The public utilities commission shall not decrease the amount of the system benefits charge allocated to low-income customers due to passage of this act.
II. Any restructured utility under RSA 374-F [may, at its discretion,] shall propose efficient renewable energy programs that would [yield results similar to cost-effective energy efficiency measures and] promote the benefits recognized in RSA 374-F:3, IX, and the public utilities commission should give due consideration to such programs. Such programs could be funded from a portion of the system benefits charge currently dedicated to energy efficiency programs.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.