Revision: Jan. 20, 2023, 9:24 a.m.
SB 165 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-1044
10/05
SENATE BILL 165
AN ACT relative to the online energy data platform.
SPONSORS: Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes conditions for the implementation of the statewide, multi-use, online energy data platform in the department of energy.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-1044
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the online energy data platform.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Public Utilities; Online Energy Data Platform. RSA 378:51, IV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
IV. Prior to undertaking the construction of the platform, the utilities subject to this section shall jointly file with the department, the office of the consumer advocate, and the commission a detailed plan for the platform including a capital and operating budget. Within 60 days of its receipt of this filing, the department or the consumer advocate may request that the commission defer the implementation of the statewide, multi use, online energy data platform for reasons of cost. Upon such a request, the commission shall conduct an adjudicative proceeding and shall thereafter defer the implementation of the platform if it determines that the cost of the platform to be recovered from customers is unreasonable and not in the public interest.
2 New Paragraph; Online Energy Data Platform; Application. Amend RSA 378:51 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the commission to manage, direct, or supervise the development of the statewide, multi-use, online energy data platform. By virtue of Order No. 26,589, issued by the commission on March 2, 2022, the commission shall be deemed to have discharged its responsibilities to conduct an adjudicative proceeding as set forth in paragraph II. The commission may review any costs incurred by utilities under this section in the same manner it reviews other costs that utilities intend to recover from customers.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.