SB74 (2013) Detail

Relative to an exemption for entities that furnish hot water through a district energy system.


CHAPTER 8

SB 74 – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 74

AN ACT relative to an exemption for entities that furnish hot water through a district energy system.

SPONSORS: Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5; Rep. Pastor, Graf 12

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill exempts any entity that manufactures, furnishes, or sells hot water through a district energy system from being a public utility.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to an exemption for entities that furnish hot water through a district energy system.

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

8:1 New Section; Hot Water Companies; When Public Utilities. Amend RSA 362 by inserting after section 4-c the following new section:

362:4-d Hot Water Companies; When Public Utilities. 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 hot water through a district energy system. In this section, “hot water” means water that has a temperature of no more than 200 degrees Fahrenheit that circulates in a district heating system under pressure of no more than 232 pounds per square inch.

8:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 7, 2013

Effective Date: July 6, 2013