CHAPTER 86
SB 78 - FINAL VERSION
2019 SESSION
19-1104
10/03
SENATE BILL 78
AN ACT relative to public utility customer data.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for the use of utility customer data for research, development, and implementation of new rate structures and tariffs.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-1104
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to public utility customer data.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
86:1 Public Utilities Commission; Privacy Policies for Individual Customer Data; Purpose. Amend RSA 363:37, III(c) to read as follows:
(c) Researching, developing, and implementing new rate structures and tariffs, demand response, customer assistance, energy management, or energy efficiency programs.
86:2 Customer Data; Exceptions. Amend RSA 363:38, V(b) to read as follows:
(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude a service provider from disclosing a customer's individual data to a third party for system, grid, or operational needs, or the research, development, and implementation of new rate structures and tariffs, demand response, customer assistance, energy management, or energy efficiency programs, provided that the service provider for contracts entered into after January 1, 2017, has required by contract that the third party implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, use, destruction, modification, or disclosure, and to prohibit the use of the data for a secondary commercial purpose not related to the primary purpose of the contract without the express consent of the customer.
86:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2019
Effective Date: August 17, 2019
Date | Body | Type |
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Feb. 19, 2019 | Senate | Hearing |
March 28, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
March 27, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
April 17, 2019 | House | Hearing |
April 24, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
House | Floor Vote | |
May 8, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
June 18, 2019: Signed by the Governor on 06/18/2019; Chapter 0086; Effective 08/17/2019
May 30, 2019: Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
May 23, 2019: Enrolled 05/23/2019
May 30, 2019: Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
May 23, 2019: Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
May 8, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 93
May 8, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/08/2019 (Vote 17-3; RC) HC 23 P. 18
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-3; RC)
April 24, 2019: Executive Session: 04/24/2019 10:00 am LOB 304
April 17, 2019: Public Hearing: 04/17/2019 11:00 am LOB 304
March 20, 2019: Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 11 P. 73
March 27, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2019; SJ 10
March 27, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 15
March 28, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/28/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 15
Feb. 19, 2019: Hearing: 02/19/2019, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 11
Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4