Revision: Feb. 23, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
Rep. Vose, Rock. 5
February 13, 2026
2026-0733h
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 local emergency management directors, 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 local emergency management directors shall be exempt under RSA 91-A:5, IV.