CHAPTER 363-A EXPENSES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AGAINST CERTAIN UTILITIES
Section 363-A:6
363-A:6 Public Utility Recovery of Assessment Costs. –
I. Assessment amounts determined with reference to the revenues of competitive electric power suppliers and all assessments against regulated electric distribution utilities and electric cooperatives for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the department shall be collected from electric customers through the distribution rates of the respective electric distribution utility or rural electric cooperative for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the department; provided that an amount equal to the amount assessed directly to a competitive electric power supplier under RSA 363-A:2, III shall be collected from the energy service or default service customers of each electric distribution utility or rural electric cooperative for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the department.
II. Assessment amounts determined with reference to the revenues of competitive natural gas suppliers and all assessments against regulated natural gas distribution utilities shall be collected from natural gas customers through the distribution rates of the respective natural gas distribution utility.
III. The commission shall by order establish rate recovery mechanisms for any public utility that is not either an excepted local exchange carrier, as defined in RSA 362:7, I(c), or a rural electric cooperative for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the commission. Such rate recovery mechanisms shall adjust annually to recover any change in a utility's annual assessment.
Source. 2014, 136:6, eff. July 1, 2014. 2021, 91:245, eff. July 1, 2021.