HB 631-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0719
02/05
HOUSE BILL 631-FN
AN ACT relative to electric utility smart meter gateway devices.
SPONSORS: Rep. Chretien, Hills. 41; Rep. Darby, Hills. 11; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Parshall, Ches. 8
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires electric utilities to provide customers with the option to purchase smart meter gateway devices.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0719
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to electric utility smart meter gateway devices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Property Owner's Consent Required for Smart Meter Gateway Devices. Amend RSA 374:62 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Electric utilities shall provide customers with the option to purchase a smart meter gateway device, to be installed, removed, or changed by authorized utility personnel or approved contractors, and electric utilities shall notify customers of this option.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
23-0719
Revised 2/6/23
HB 631-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to electric utility smart meter gateway devices.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Other - Various Government Funds | |||
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires electric utilities to provide customers with the option to purchase smart meter
gateway devices.
The Department of Energy indicates any expenditures by a state, county or local government would be for the purchase and installation of a smart meter. With a smart meter, a customer could possibly determine if electric usage could be modified to lower electric bills, especially if the customer is on a time of use rate where usage could be shifted to lower rate periods. The Department states the fiscal impact is indeterminable because it is unknown what customers would opt to install a smart meter and for those that do, what impact it would have on the customer’s electric bill.
The Public Utilities Commission indicated this bill would have no direct fiscal impact on state, county or local expenditures.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2023.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Energy and Public Utilities Commission