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 […]
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 378:18-a – Special Contracts; Electric Utilities.
378:18-a Special Contracts; Electric Utilities. – I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for the purposes of ratemaking, an electric utility that has adopted special contracts prior to the effective date of this section shall not be allowed to recover from other ratepayers the difference between the regular tariffed rate and the […]
Section 378:18-b – Special Contracts; Telephone Utilities.
378:18-b Special Contracts; Telephone Utilities. – I. In this section: (a) " Toll service " means switched telephone calls to locations outside of the local service area of the caller, as defined in the serving telephone utility’s tariffs on file with the commission. (b) " Incumbent local exchange carrier " means a local exchange […]
Section 378:19 – Filing.
378:19 Filing. – Such contracts shall be filed and made public in such manner as the commission shall require, and shall constitute a part of the published schedules of the public utility making the same. Source. 1913, 99:2. PL 242:20. RL 292:20. 1951, 203:46 par. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.
Section 378:20 – Contracts With Municipalities and Other Utilities.
378:20 Contracts With Municipalities and Other Utilities. – Any public utility shall make, renew, or extend any contract for the delivery of electrical energy to a municipality, or political subdivision thereof, or to another utility upon such terms and conditions consistent with the public good as the commission shall order. Source. 1929, 179:1. 1933, […]
Section 378:21 – Rebates, Etc.
378:21 Rebates, Etc. – No public utility shall, directly or indirectly or by any special rate, rebate, drawback or other device or method, make any deviation from the rates, fares, charges or prices for any service rendered by it specified in its schedules on file and in effect at the time such service was […]
Section 378:22 – For Furnishing Facilities.
378:22 For Furnishing Facilities. – No public utility shall demand or receive less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, by such public utility in consideration of the furnishing of any part of the facilities incident thereto. Source. 1913, 99:2. PL 242:22. RL 292:23. 1951, 203:46 par. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.