Revision: May 23, 2018, 2:26 p.m.
HB 1550 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
21Mar2018... 0712h
05/03/2018 1888s
23May2018... 2052-CofC
2018 SESSION
18-2037
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1550
AN ACT requiring electric bills to include the cost of compliance with renewable energy standards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Harrington, Straf. 3; Rep. McLean, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires providers of electricity to include on customers' December bills the annual cost to each customer of compliance with the electric renewable portfolio standard under RSA 362-F and a link to information about the electric renewable portfolio standard.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21Mar2018... 0712h
05/03/2018 1888s
23May2018... 2052-CofC 18-2037
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT requiring electric bills to include the cost of compliance with renewable energy standards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Electric Utilities; Annual Disclosure of Electric Service Energy Sources and Environmental Characteristics; Renewable Energy Standards; Billing. RSA 378:49, II(c) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(c) Provide such information to electric customers at least annually in conjunction with billing, whether distributed through the mail or online, or other mailed or online communication to customers, as approved by the commission, including the commission's estimated cost on a per kilowatt-hour basis for compliance with the electric renewable portfolio standard under RSA 362-F for the prior compliance year. The estimated cost for the compliance year shall be calculated once per year and provided in the customer's December bill, whether distributed through the mail or online. Each customer's bill shall identify the cost as an estimate and provide a link to information about the electric renewable portfolio standard, including its benefits, at the public utilities commission's website. The costs for a utility to provide this information shall be recovered from electric customers through the distribution rates of the respective electric distribution utility.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.