HB1239 (2012) Detail

Requiring the site evaluation committee to consider economic impact prior to issuing a certificate for an energy facility.


HB 1239 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2539

09/10

HOUSE BILL 1239

AN ACT requiring the site evaluation committee to consider economic impact prior to issuing a certificate for an energy facility.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 5; Rep. Brosseau, Graf 6; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the site evaluation committee to consider economic impact prior to issuing a certificate for an energy facility.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2539

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT requiring the site evaluation committee to consider economic impact prior to issuing a certificate for an energy facility.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Energy Facility Site Evaluation Committee; Application for Certificate. Amend RSA 162-H:7, V to read as follows:

V. Each application shall also:

(a) Describe in reasonable detail the type and size of each major part of the proposed facility.

(b) Identify both the preferred choice and any other choices for the site of each major part of the proposed facility.

(c) Describe in reasonable detail the impact of each major part of the proposed facility on the environment for each site proposed.

(d) Describe in reasonable detail the applicant's proposals for studying and solving environmental problems.

(e) Describe in reasonable detail the impact of each major part of the proposed facility on economic conditions in affected communities.

(f) Describe in reasonable detail the applicant's financial, technical, and managerial capability for construction and operation of the proposed facility.

[(f)] (g) Document that written notification of the proposed project, including appropriate copies of the application, has been given to the appropriate governing body of each community in which the facility is proposed to be located.

[(g)] (h) Provide such additional information as the committee may require to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

2 Energy Facility Site Evaluation Committee; Findings and Certificate Issuance. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 162-H:16, IV to read as follows:

IV. The site evaluation committee, after having considered available alternatives and fully reviewed the environmental and economic impact of the site or route, and other relevant factors bearing on whether the objectives of this chapter would be best served by the issuance of the certificate, must find that the site and facility:

3 Energy Facility Site Evaluation Committee; Findings and Certificate Issuance. Amend RSA 162-H:16, IV(b) to read as follows:

(b) Will not unduly interfere with the orderly economic, industrial, and commercial development of the region with due consideration having been given to the views and recommendations of municipal and regional planning commissions and municipal governing bodies.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.