Section 378:45 – Registration Required.
378:45 Registration Required. – All billing aggregators and service providers which directly submit charges to a utility company for inclusion on the utility bill shall be registered with the commission. The commission may revoke a registration for cause. The registration of a billing aggregator may be revoked based upon the fraudulent behavior or conduct […]
Section 378:46 – Cramming Prohibited.
378:46 Cramming Prohibited. – No billing aggregator or service provider shall engage in cramming. Any billing aggregator or service provider that engages in cramming shall be subject to an administrative fine in an amount to be determined by the commission, not to exceed $1,000 per offense. The commission may consider intent as a factor […]
Section 378:47 – Charges by Service Providers.
378:47 Charges by Service Providers. – I. (a) Upon determining that it is technically and economically feasible, the commission shall require local exchange carriers to permit a customer to place a block on an account that prevents any non-telecommunications-related charges that do not originate from the customer’s local exchange or long distance carrier from […]
Section 378:48 – Rulemaking.
378:48 Rulemaking. – The commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, and consistent with rules regarding cramming adopted by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to enforce the provisions of this subdivision. Source. 1999, 168:1. 2002, 12:2, eff. Mar. 25, 2002.
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.