Section 125-O:5-a – Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Board.
125-O:5-a Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Board. – I. An energy efficiency and sustainable energy board is hereby created to promote energy efficiency, demand response, and sustainable energy programs in the state. The board’s duties shall include but not be limited to: (a) Review available energy efficiency, conservation, demand response, and sustainable energy programs […]
Section 125-O:6 – Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.
125-O:6 Powers and Duties of the Commissioner. – The commissioner may: [Paragraph I effective until the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in […]
Section 125-O:7 – Enforcement.
125-O:7 Enforcement. – I. Any violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any rule adopted under this chapter, shall be subject to enforcement by injunction, including mandatory injunction, issued by the superior court upon application of the attorney general. Any such violation shall also be subject to a civil forfeiture to the […]
Section 125-O:8 – Rulemaking Authority.
[RSA 125-O:8 effective until the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in the regional greenhouse gas initiative; see also RSA 125-O:8 set out below.] […]
Section 125-O:9 – Compliance Dates.
[RSA 125-O:9 effective until the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in the regional greenhouse gas initiative; see also RSA 125-O:9 set out below.] […]
Section 125-O:10 – Non-Severability.
[RSA 125-O:10 effective until the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in the regional greenhouse gas initiative; see also RSA 125-O:10 set out below.] […]
Section 125-O:11 – Statement of Purpose and Findings.
125-O:11 Statement of Purpose and Findings. – The general court finds that: I. It is in the public interest to achieve significant reductions in mercury emissions at the coal-burning electric power plants in the state as soon as possible. The requirements of this subdivision will prevent, at a minimum, 80 percent of the aggregated […]
Section 125-O:3 – Integrated Power Plant Strategy.
125-O:3 Integrated Power Plant Strategy. – I. The department shall implement an integrated, multi-pollutant strategy to reduce air emissions from affected sources. II. The integrated, multi-pollutant strategy shall be implemented in a market-based fashion that allows trading and banking of emission reductions to comply with the overall statewide annual emission caps established under RSA […]
Section 125-O:4 – Compliance.
125-O:4 Compliance. – I. The owner or operator of each affected source shall file a compliance plan with the department describing the technologies, operational modifications, market-based approaches, or other methods that will be used to comply with the emission caps established under RSA 125-O:3, III. Compliance plans shall also include a report of the […]
Section 125-O:1 – Findings and Purpose.
125-O:1 Findings and Purpose. – I. The general court finds that while air quality has improved in recent years, scientific advances have demonstrated that adequate protection of public health, environmental quality, and economic well-being-the 3 cornerstones of New Hampshire’s quality of life-requires additional, concerted reductions in air pollutant emissions. The general court also finds […]