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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XXXIV - Public Utilities » Title 362 - Definition of Terms; Utilities Exempted

Section 362:1 – Commission.

    362:1 Commission. – The term "commission," as used in this title, means the public utilities commission. Source. 1911, 164:1. 1913, 145:1. PL 236:1. RL 285:1. 1951, 203:9 par. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.

Section 362:1-a – Campground.

    362:1-a Campground. – For purposes of this chapter, the term "campground" means a recreational camping park on which 10 or more tents, or recreational vehicles including trailers, tent trailers, vans, pickup campers, or motor homes are used as temporary living quarters for recreational use, and a fee is charged for such land use. Source. […]

Section 362:2 – Public Utility.

    362:2 Public Utility. – I. The term "public utility" shall include every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership and person, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court, except municipal corporations and county corporations operating within their corporate limits, owning, operating or managing any plant or equipment or any part of the […]

Section 362:3 – Common Carrier by Rail.

    362:3 Common Carrier by Rail. – The term "common carrier by rail" shall include every corporation, company association, joint stock association, partnership and person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court, owning or operating any railroad for common carriage of passengers or freight or carrying on a public express business for compensation […]

Section 362:3-a – Sale; Submetering in Campgrounds.

    362:3-a Sale; Submetering in Campgrounds. – The term "sale" shall not include electric submetering in campgrounds for the purpose of calculating reimbursable amounts among submeter users; provided, that reimbursable amounts shall be distributed pro-rata among submeter users and do not exceed the total amount charged by the utility to the campground master metered customer. […]

Section 362:3-b – Shared Tenant Services.

    362:3-b Shared Tenant Services. – Authorized providers of shared tenant services as defined in RSA 374:22-k shall not be deemed to be telecommunications carriers within the meaning of the Communications Act of 1934 or public utilities within the meaning of this title. Source. 1997, 288:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

Section 362:4 – Water Companies, When Public Utilities.

    362:4 Water Companies, When Public Utilities. – I. Every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, or person shall be deemed to be a public utility by reason of the ownership or operation of any water or sewage disposal system or part thereof. If the whole of such water or sewage disposal system shall […]

Section 362:4-a – Electric Companies, When Public Utilities.

    362:4-a Electric Companies, When Public Utilities. – I. A municipal corporation furnishing electric utility services outside its municipal boundaries shall not be considered a public utility under this title for the purpose of accounting, reporting, or auditing functions with respect to said service. II. A municipal corporation furnishing electric utility services shall not be […]

Section 362:4-b – Gas Companies, When Public Utilities.

    362:4-b Gas Companies, When Public Utilities. – I. The term "public utility" shall not include any corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership and person, their lessee, trustee or receiver appointed by any court, or assignee, which provides, sells, delivers, or stores liquefied petroleum gas in cylinders or tanks, or who distributes liquefied petroleum […]

Section 362:4-c – Electric Generation Companies, When Public Utilities.

    362:4-c Electric Generation Companies, When Public Utilities. – I. The term "public utility" shall not include any entity determined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to be an exempt wholesale generator, nor shall it include any corporation, company, association, limited liability company, joint stock association, partnership, or person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed […]

Section 362:4-d – Hot Water Companies; When Public Utilities.

    362:4-d Hot Water Companies; When Public Utilities. – The term "public utility" shall not include any corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, or person, their lessee, trustee, or receiver appointed by any court, or assignee, by virtue of its being engaged in the manufacture, furnishing, or sale of hot water through a district […]

Section 362:5 – Exemption of Manufacturing Establishments Selling Surplus Electricity.

    362:5 Exemption of Manufacturing Establishments Selling Surplus Electricity. – The commission may exempt any person or corporation engaged in manufacturing and carrying on in this state a manufacturing establishment the product of which is something besides power, and producing electricity primarily for the operation of such establishment or incidental thereto, from any or all […]

Section 362:6 – Cellular Mobile Radio Communications Exempt.

    362:6 Cellular Mobile Radio Communications Exempt. – The term "public utility" shall not include any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, including any trustee, administrator, executor, receiver, assignee, or other personal representative who provides, purchases or sells cellular mobile radio communication services. Such services shall not be subject to the jurisdiction […]

Section 362:7 – Telephone Utilities.

    362:7 Telephone Utilities. – I. In this title: (a) " End user " means any telecommunications services customer that is not a telecommunications carrier or telecommunications public utility except that a telecommunications carrier or public utility shall be deemed to be an "end user" when such carrier uses a telecommunications service for administrative purposes. […]

Section 362:8 – Obligations on Excepted Local Exchange Carriers.

    362:8 Obligations on Excepted Local Exchange Carriers. – Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or order, the commission shall have no authority to impose or enforce any obligation on any excepted local exchange carrier that is not also applicable to all other excepted local exchange carriers, excluding providers of commercial mobile radio service, except: I. […]