HB1733 (2026) Detail

Relative to default electric service procurement and the recovery of competitive market supply costs.


HB 1733  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2774

06/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1733

 

AN ACT relative to default electric service procurement and the recovery of competitive market supply costs.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18

 

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies that cost reconciliation for competitive electricity supply must occur within default service rates and cannot be recovered from customers who leave default service.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2774

06/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT relative to default electric service procurement and the recovery of competitive market supply costs.

 

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

 

1  Restructuring Policy Principles.  Amend RSA 374-F:3, V(e) to read as follows:  

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of subparagraphs (b) and (c), as competitive markets develop, the commission may approve alternative means of providing transition or default services which are designed to minimize customer risk, not unduly harm the development of competitive markets, and mitigate against price volatility without creating new deferred costs, if the commission determines such means to be in the public interest. Any adjustment for over- or underpayment ("true up") of rates needed as the result of a utility procuring supply in the competitive markets shall only be done by future changes to the default service rate. No true-up shall be collected as a nonbypassable charge.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.  

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Bill Text Revisions

HB1733 Revision: 50157 Date: Dec. 17, 2025, 8:35 a.m.

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Dec. 17, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 1