Section 378:34 – Termination.
378:34 Termination. – Whenever joint service has been established by 2 or more public utilities, the commission shall have authority to prevent any unjust or unreasonable termination of the same or to order the reestablishment of such service if so terminated. Source. 1985, 402:21.
Section 378:35 – Fixing Rates.
378:35 Fixing Rates. – Whenever, after hearing and investigation, the commission shall find any joint rate, fare, charge or price demanded and collected for any existing joint service participated in by 2 or more public utilities to be unjust, unreasonable or discriminatory, it shall fix the same upon a just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis. […]
Section 378:36 – Apportionment.
378:36 Apportionment. – If the public utilities affected thereby shall fail to agree upon the division or apportionment thereof, the commission may prescribe the division of such joint rates, fares, charges and classifications between such public utilities and may revise any division agreed upon which shall be found inconsistent with the public interest. In […]
Section 378:37 – New Hampshire Energy Policy.
378:37 New Hampshire Energy Policy. – The general court declares that it shall be the energy policy of this state to meet the energy needs of the citizens and businesses of the state at the lowest reasonable cost while providing for the reliability and diversity of energy sources; to maximize the use of cost […]
Section 378:38 – Submission of Plans to the Commission.
378:38 Submission of Plans to the Commission. – Pursuant to the policy established under RSA 378:37, each electric and natural gas utility, under RSA 362:2, shall file a least cost integrated resource plan with the commission within 2 years of the commission’s final order regarding the utility’s prior plan, and in all cases within […]
Section 378:38-a – Waiver by Commission.
378:38-a Waiver by Commission. – The commission, by order, may waive for good cause any requirement under RSA 378:38, upon written request by a utility. Source. 1997, 298:14, eff. June 20, 1997. 2014, 129:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2014.
Section 378:39 – Commission Evaluation of Plans.
378:39 Commission Evaluation of Plans. – The commission shall review integrated least-cost resource plans in order to evaluate the consistency of each utility’s plan with this subdivision, in an adjudicative proceeding. In deciding whether or not to approve the utility’s plan, the commission shall consider potential environmental, economic, and health-related impacts of each proposed […]
Section 378:40 – Plans Required.
378:40 Plans Required. – No rate change shall be approved or ordered with respect to any utility that does not have on file with the commission a plan that has been filed and approved in accordance with the provisions of RSA 378:38 and RSA 378:39. However, nothing contained in this subdivision shall prevent the […]
Section 378:30-a – Public Utility Rate Base; Exclusions.
378:30-a Public Utility Rate Base; Exclusions. – Public utility rates or charges shall not in any manner be based on the cost of construction work in progress. At no time shall any rates or charges be based upon any costs associated with construction work if said construction work is not completed. All costs of […]
Section 378:30-b – Conservation Investments; Included in Rates.
378:30-b Conservation Investments; Included in Rates. – The commission may include the cost or value of capital improvements or programs in the rates of a utility when the capital improvement or program provides for the conservation of the energy or water provided by the utility, regardless of whether the utility’s capital improvement or program […]