SB113 (2023) Detail

(New Title) relative to the electric utility system benefits charge.


CHAPTER 162

SB 113-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

4May2023... 1399h

2023 SESSION

23-0803

10/08

 

SENATE BILL 113-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the electric utility system benefits charge.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the public utility commission's review of criteria for cost effectiveness in the joint utilities energy efficiency plans, and changes the calculation of the energy efficiency portion of the system benefits charge.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

4May2023... 1399h 23-0803

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to the electric utility system benefits charge.

 

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

 

162:1  System Benefits; Energy Efficiency Plans.  Amend RSA 374-F:3, VI-a (d)(4) to read as follows:

(4) Cost effectiveness. For the purpose of the March 1, 2022 filing, and future plan offerings, the commission’s review of the cost effectiveness shall be based upon the latest completed and available Avoided Energy Supply Cost Study for New England, the results of any Evaluation, Measurement, and Valuation studies contracted for by the department of energy or joint utilities, incorporate savings impacts associated with free-ridership for those programs and measures where such free-ridership may have a material impact on savings figures, and use the Granite State Test as the primary test, with the addition of the Total Resource Cost test as a secondary test. The commission shall use benefit per unit cost as only one factor in considering whether the utilities have prioritized program offerings appropriately among and within customer classes. In no instance shall an electric utility’s planned electric system savings fall below 65 percent of its overall planned annual energy savings.

162:2  System Benefits Charge; Adjustment; Energy Efficiency Portion.  Amend RSA 374-F:3,VI-a(d) (2) to read as follows:

(2) System benefits charge and local distribution adjustment charge funding levels. For the year 2022, the energy efficiency portion of the system benefits charge shall be set at the level for 2020 authorized in Order No. 26,323 dated December 31, 2019. The energy efficiency portion of the local distribution adjustment charge shall be set at the level for 2020 authorized in Order No. 26,306 dated October 31, 2019, for Liberty Utilities (Energy North Natural Gas) Corp. and in Order No. 26,303 dated October 29, 2019, for Northern Utilities, Inc. The energy efficiency portion of the system benefits charge and local distribution adjustment charges shall adjust annually beginning January 1, 2023, and shall be calculated using the most recently available 3-year average of the consumer price index (CPI-W) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor [plus 0.25 percent all as calculated] as determined and verified by the department of energy. Utilities subject to commission rate regulation shall submit tariff amendments altering solely the system benefits charge and local distribution adjustment charge as described, reconciled for over and under collections already occurred, as soon after the effective date of this subparagraph as possible, and every December 1 for the upcoming year thereafter.

162:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: July 28, 2023

Effective Date: September 26, 2023

 

 

Amendments

Date Amendment
April 25, 2023 2023-1399h

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 31, 2023 Senate Hearing
Feb. 9, 2023 Senate Floor Vote
April 10, 2023 House Hearing
April 18, 2023 House Exec Session
April 18, 2023 House Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

SB113 Revision: 39311 Date: Aug. 1, 2023, 11:04 a.m.
SB113 Revision: 38945 Date: June 1, 2023, 3:01 p.m.
SB113 Revision: 38600 Date: May 4, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
SB113 Revision: 38545 Date: April 25, 2023, 11:15 a.m.
SB113 Revision: 37620 Date: Feb. 6, 2023, 12:10 p.m.

Docket


Aug. 1, 2023: Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2023; Chapter 0162; Effective 09/26/2023


June 30, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20


June 30, 2023: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16


June 1, 2023: Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16


May 4, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1399h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 17


May 4, 2023: Amendment # 2023-1399h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 17


April 25, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1399h (NT) 04/18/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC)


April 11, 2023: Executive Session: 04/18/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304


April 11, 2023: Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2023 01:00 pm LOB 302-304


March 28, 2023: Public Hearing: 04/10/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304


March 20, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy


Feb. 9, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6


Feb. 1, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; SC 9


Jan. 25, 2023: Hearing: 01/31/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 8


Jan. 19, 2023: Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4