Bill Text: NH HB1550 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring electric bills to include the cost of compliance with renewable energy standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-18 - Signed by Governor Sununu 08/03/2018; Chapter 375; Eff.10/02/2018 [HB1550 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1550-Introduced.html
HB 1550 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2037
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1550
AN ACT requiring electric bills to include the cost of compliance with renewable energy standards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Harrington, Straf. 3; Rep. McLean, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires providers of electricity to include on customer bills the cost to each customer of compliance with the electric renewable portfolio standard under RSA 362-F.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2037
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT requiring electric bills to include the cost of compliance with renewable energy standards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Electric Utilities; Disclosure of Electric Service Energy Sources and Environmental Characteristics; Renewable Energy Standards; Billing. RSA 378:49, II(c) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(c) Provide information in each customer billing whether distributed through the mail or online, as to the estimated cost to that customer for the compliance with the electric renewable portfolio standard under RSA 362-F. The actual total cost for the calendar year shall be calculated once per year and provided to each customer in his or her bill, whether distributed through the mail or online. The costs for a utility to provide this information shall be recovered by reducing their purchase of renewable energy certificates and/or reducing their payments to the renewable energy fund to the extent needed to cover their costs.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
