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HB 266 - AS INTRODUCED SESSION 25-0526 06/11 HOUSE BILL 266 AN ACT relative to structural changes to the department of energy.
SPONSORS:
Vose, Rock.
5 Rep.
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18 Rep.
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McGhee, Hills.
Notter, Hills.
35 October 9, 2025 2025-2998h 06/05 Amendment to HB 266 Amend the bill by replacing section 2 with the following:
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3 2 Department of Energy;
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Summers, Rock.
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Executive Departments and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill:
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Ensures the department's full party status in proceedings before the public utilities commission.
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Requires the department to support the public utilities commission, site evaluation committee, office of the consumer advocate, and any related entities.
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Allow the department to demand documents and specific answers from public utilities or related entities.
This bill is at the request of the department of energy.
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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
HB 266 - AS INTRODUCED 25-0526 06/11 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to structural changes to the department of energy.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Establishment;
Purpose.
Amend RSA 12-P:2, IV to read as follows:
IV.
The department shall have the authority to investigate any matter related to the statutes it administers or that may come before the public utilities commission and to appear before the commission to advocate for the department's position and for the purposes of providing a [complete] record for consideration by the commission as determined by the department.
2 Department of Energy;
The department shall have the authority to petition for any proceeding before the public utilities commission and shall automatically [be a party to all proceedings] have full party status and right to appeal in any adjudicative or non-adjudicative proceeding before the commission in which the department files a notice of participation.
The department shall have the authority to petition for any proceeding before the public utilities commission and shall automatically be a party to all proceedings and have full party status and right to appeal in any adjudicative or non-adjudicative proceeding before the commission.
3 Department of Energy;
Duties of Commissioner.
Amend RSA 12-P:5, VII to read as follows:
VII.
Ensure that the department provides [all necessary] support required by RSA 21-G:10 to the public utilities commission, the site evaluation committee, office of the consumer advocate, and any other entity that is administratively attached to the department.
4 Department of Energy;
Specific Answers.
Amend RSA 12-P:10 to read as follows:
12-P:10 Specific Answers.
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The department [or the commission] may require any public utility or entity subject to its jurisdiction to provide documents and other materials and to make specific answers to questions upon which the department [or commission] may need information within a time period set by the department.
5 Repeal.
RSA 12-P:2, III, relative to certain duties of the department of energy, is repealed.
6 Effective Date.
This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.