HB 1544-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1544-FN
AN ACT relative to the development of effective energy efficiency measures.
SPONSORS: Rep. G. Andersen, Graf 11
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill requires the public utilities commission to establish an excess consumption tax on electricity.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2229
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the development of effective energy efficiency measures.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Default Electric Service Rates. Amend RSA 374-F:4 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:
XIII. The commission shall develop and implement a rate structure for default service that includes:
(a) Higher rates for peak-period consumption than for off-peak consumption.
(b) Higher rates for electricity consumed above the average household consumption rates for each month, as determined by the commission.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
08-2229
11/05/07
HB 1544-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the development of effective energy efficiency measures.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Public Utilities Commission has determined this bill will have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures in FY 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) states this bill directs the agency to implement a new rate structure for default electric service. The PUC states it believes it can accomplish this task without additional personnel and, therefore, expects any costs to the agency can be absorbed without additional funding. The impact of this bill on State and political subdivision expenditures for electricity is indeterminable because it is not possible to assess how government users of electricity will respond to varying default service rates. The PUC states it is possible, but not inevitable, that this bill will increase the electric bills of such users. In the aggregate, this bill may reduce electricity costs by discouraging electricity use at high-cost periods of peak demand; however, government agencies generally cannot shut down or curtail operations during such periods.