HB 360 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-0801
06/05
HOUSE BILL 360
AN ACT relative to public utilities that fail to restore service within 3 days.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ulery, Hills 37; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 21
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill provides that any regulated public utility that fails to restore service to its customers within 3 days shall be liable for damages sustained by the customer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0801
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to public utilities that fail to restore service within 3 days.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 General Public Utility Duty; Service; Liability. Amend RSA 374:1 to read as follows:
374:1 Service; Liability.
I. Every public utility shall furnish such service and facilities as shall be reasonably safe and adequate and in all other respects just and reasonable.
II. Except following a declared state of emergency, any public utility that fails to restore service within 3 days shall be liable for damages sustained by the customer that were caused by such utility’s failure to restore service by such date.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.