SB 51 – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 51
AN ACT relative to jurisdiction of the public utilities commission over rural electric cooperatives.
COMMITTEE: Energy and Economic Development
This bill authorizes public utility commission regulation of rural electric cooperative poles.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0963
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to jurisdiction of the public utilities commission over rural electric cooperatives.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Public Utility; Rural Electric Cooperative Poles. Amend RSA 362:2, II to read as follows:
II. For the purposes of this title only, rural electric cooperatives for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission pursuant to RSA 301:57 shall not be considered public utilities; provided, however, that the provisions of RSA 362-A, 363-B, 371, 374:2-a, 374:26, 374:26-a, 374-A, 374-C, 374-F, and 378:37-39 shall, unless otherwise provided herein, be applicable to rural electric cooperatives, without regard to whether a certificate of regulation or deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission. The provisions of RSA 374-A and the provisions of RSA 374-F:3, V(b) and (f) and RSA 374-F:7 shall be applicable to rural electric cooperatives for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission to the same extent as municipal utilities. The authority of the public utilities commission to regulate rates, terms, and conditions for pole attachments and joint use of poles shall apply to rural electric cooperatives for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission to the same extent as electric utilities.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.