374:1 Service. – Every public utility shall furnish such service and facilities as shall be reasonably safe and adequate and in all other respects just and reasonable. Source. 1911, 164:4. PL 240:1. RL 289:1. 1951, 203:21, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.
374:1-a Exceptions. – Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, and except for RSA 374:2-a, RSA 374:28-a, RSA 374:34-a, RSA 374:48 through RSA 374:56, and RSA 374:59, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any end user of an excepted local exchange carrier, nor to any service provided to such end user. […]
374:10 Depreciation Account. – Every public utility shall carry a proper and adequate depreciation account whenever the commission shall determine that such depreciation account can reasonably be required and shall so order. Every public utility shall conform its depreciation account to such rules, regulations and forms as may be prescribed by the commission. Source. […]
374:11 Use of Depreciation Fund. – The depreciation fund may be expended in new construction, extensions or additions to the property of the public utility, or invested and, if invested, the net income from the investment shall be added to the depreciation fund, unless the commission for good cause shown shall otherwise order. Such […]
374:12 Declaring Dividends. – No public utility shall declare or pay any dividend except out of net corporate income, and except after setting aside such depreciation reserve, if any, as it may carry in compliance with the provisions of RSA 374:10; provided, that this section shall not prevent the payment of dividends in any […]
374:13 Form of Accounts and Records. – When the commission has prescribed the form of accounts and records to be kept by public utilities of any class, each public utility of that class shall thereafter keep the accounts and records so prescribed accurately and honestly and in the manner prescribed; and it shall be […]
374:14 False Entries, Etc. – No person shall willfully make any false entry in the accounts or records of any public utility, or willfully destroy, mutilate or by any other means falsify such accounts or records, or willfully neglect or fail to make full, true or correct entries of all facts and transactions appertaining […]
374:15 Filing. – Every public utility shall file with the commission and the department of energy reports at such times, verified by oath in such manner, and setting forth such statistics and facts, as may be required by the commission or the department of energy. Source. 1911, 164:8. PL 240:14. RL 289:14. 1951, 203:32, […]
374:16 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V. –
374:17 Neglect to Report. – If any public utility shall neglect or refuse to make and file any report within a time specified by the commission or the department of energy, or shall neglect or refuse to make specific answer to any question lawfully asked by the commission or the department of energy, it […]
374:18 Production of Books, Etc. – The commission, by order, or the department of energy, may require any public utility to produce within the state, at such time and place as it may designate, any accounts, records, memoranda, books, or papers kept in any office or place without the state, or verified copies thereof, […]
374:19 False Statements, Etc. – No public utility shall willfully make any false statement or false entry in any report to the commission or the department of energy, or in any answer to any question lawfully asked by the commission or the department of energy. Source. 1913, 145:8. PL 240:18. RL 289:18. 1951, 203:36, […]
374:2 Charges. – All charges made or demanded by any public utility for any service rendered by it or to be rendered in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable and not more than is allowed by law or by order of the public utilities commission. Every charge that is unjust or unreasonable, or […]
374:2-a Alternative to Herbicide Use. – Every public utility that uses herbicides to clear or maintain its rights-of-way shall offer, as an alternative to herbicide use, to cut back such vegetation, if requested by the owner of the land on which the right-of-way exists. The utility shall be permitted to charge the landowners who […]
374:20 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V. –
374:21 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, V. –
374:22 Other Public Utilities. – I. No person or business entity, including any person or business entity that qualifies as an excepted local exchange carrier, shall commence business as a public utility within this state, or shall engage in such business, or begin the construction of a plant, line, main, or other apparatus or […]
374:22-a Repealed by 1989, 240:8, II, eff. July 23, 1989. –
374:22-b Repealed by 1989, 240:8, III, eff. July 23, 1989. –
374:22-c Repealed by 1989, 240:8, IV, eff. July 23, 1989. –