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Rep. Vose, Rock. 9
January 28, 2021
2021-0156h
10/06
Amendment to HB 614-FN
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Electrical Rates and Charges; Exemption For State and Political Subdivisions. Amend RSA 378:49 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV.(a) The public utilities commission shall, after notice and hearing, by order or rule, approve a standard format and methodology that providers of electricity, as defined in RSA 362-F:2, XIV, shall use in exempting the state and its political subdivisions from paying the portion of electricity rates that covers the cost of compliance with the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) under RSA 362-F.
(b) Providers of electricity shall not be subject to compliance under RSA 362-F:3 for electricity sales that have been exempted pursuant to subparagraph (a).
(c) All competitive electricity suppliers shall:
(1) Negotiate with any serviced political subdivision or state agency a contract that provides a rate that excludes costs of compliance with the renewable portfolio standard under RSA 362-F; and
(2) Report yearly to the commission on all such contracts.
(d) A political subdivision of the state may, by a majority vote of its governing body, elect to continue payment of the amounts identified as costs of compliance with the renewable portfolio standard under RSA 362-F.
2021-0156h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires that the state and political subdivisions be exempted from paying the portion of electricity rates that covers the cost of compliance with the renewable portfolio standard. Electricity suppliers are required to contract for rates that exclude costs of compliance with the renewable portfolio standard.