HB 539 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0894
05/11
HOUSE BILL 539
SPONSORS: Rep. Manos, Rock. 12; Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the residential electric rate for domestic consumption shall apply to the well pump and septic system of residential condominium units.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0894
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Condominium Instruments; Commercial Use. Amend RSA 356-B:16, I(e) to read as follows:
(e) A description or delineation of the limited common areas, if any, showing or designating the unit or units to which each is assigned, and whether any commercial or business enterprises are permitted;
2 Rates and Charges; Schedules; Commercial Electric Rates. Amend RSA 378:1 to read as follows:
378:1 Schedules. Every public utility shall file with the public utilities commission, and shall print and keep open to public inspection, schedules showing the rates, fares, charges and prices for any service rendered or to be rendered in accordance with the rules adopted by the commission pursuant to RSA 541-A; provided, however, that:
I. Public utilities which serve as seasonal tourist attractions only, as determined in accordance with rules adopted by the commission pursuant to RSA 541-A, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
II. Residential electric rates for domestic consumption shall apply to the well pump and septic system of individual units within a condominium association under RSA 356-B that does not permit commercial or business enterprises.
3 Definition of Terms; Public Utility; Rural Electric Cooperatives; When Included; Reference Added. Amend RSA 362:2, II to read as follows:
II. For the purposes of this title only, rural electric cooperatives for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission pursuant to RSA 301:57 shall not be considered public utilities; provided, however, that the provisions of RSA 362-A:1, 362-A:2, 362-A:3, 362-A:4, 362-A:5, 362-A:6, 362-A:7, 362-A:8, 363-B, 371, 374:2-a, 374:26, 374:48-56, 374-A, 374-C, 374-F, 378:1, II, and 378:37 shall, unless otherwise provided herein, be applicable to rural electric cooperatives, without regard to whether a certificate of regulation or deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission. The provisions of RSA 374-A and the provisions of RSA 374-F:3, V(b) and (f) and RSA 374-F:7 shall be applicable to rural electric cooperatives for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission to the same extent as municipal utilities.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.