Revision: April 22, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
April 21, 2026
2026-1599s
04/09
Amendment to HB 1577
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Customer Data in Emergency Situations. 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, coordination with a municipality's authorized public safety officials, 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. Disclosure of a customer's data to a municipality's authorized public safety officials shall be exempt under RSA 91-A:5, IV.
2026-1599s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows service providers to share individual customer data with a municipality's authorized public safety officials for emergency coordination purposes.