Revision: Jan. 15, 2019, 2:10 p.m.
HB 568 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0540
06/08
HOUSE BILL 568
AN ACT relative to the New Hampshire energy strategy.
SPONSORS: Rep. Mann, Ches. 2; Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the energy strategy of the state to include consideration of the effects of climate change.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0540
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to the New Hampshire energy strategy.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Energy Strategy. Amend RSA 4-E:1, III to read as follows:
III. Energy strategy shall be guided by the New Hampshire Energy Strategy of 2014, together with the New Hampshire Climate Action Plan of 2009. The strategy development process shall include review and consideration of relevant studies and plans, including but not limited to those developed by the independent system operator of New England (ISO-NE), the public utilities commission, the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board, legislative study committees and commissions, and other state and regional organizations as appropriate. The strategy shall also include consideration of new technologies and their potential impact on the state's energy future.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.