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-e – Exclusion of Lobbying and Political Activity Costs From Rates.
378:30-e Exclusion of Lobbying and Political Activity Costs From Rates. – The commission shall exclude the cost of lobbying and political activity from the rates of public utilities. For purposes of this section, " lobbying " is any activity requiring registration pursuant to RSA 15:1 and " political activity " is any activity conducted […]
Section 378:31 – Appeals.
378:31 Appeals. – Procedure to be followed in connection with appeals shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Source. 1941, 148:3. RL 292:30. 1951, 203:46 par. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.
Section 378:27 – Temporary Rates.
378:27 Temporary Rates. – In any proceeding involving the rates of a public utility brought either upon motion of the commission or the department of energy or upon complaint, the commission may, after reasonable notice and hearing, if it be of the opinion that the public interest so requires, immediately fix, determine, and prescribe […]
Section 378:28 – Permanent Rates.
378:28 Permanent Rates. – So far as possible, the provisions of RSA 378:27 shall be applied by the commission in fixing and determining permanent rates, as well as temporary rates. The commission shall not include in permanent rates any return on any plant, equipment, or capital improvement which has not first been found by […]
Section 378:29 – Adjustment.
378:29 Adjustment. – Temporary rates so fixed, determined, and prescribed under this subdivision shall be effective until the final determination of the rate proceeding, unless terminated sooner by the commission. In every proceeding in which temporary rates are fixed, determined, and prescribed under this subdivision, the commission shall consider the effect of such rates […]
Section 378:30 – Bond.
378:30 Bond. – If temporary rates are prescribed under RSA 378:27 which are higher than those previously in effect, the commission may require the public utility to file a bond in such form and with such sureties, if any, as the commission may determine, to secure the repayment to the customers of the public […]