New Hampshire legislation · 2025 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1665: relative to the issuance of subpoenas in administrative proceedings.
Status: In committee, May 13, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to defining the role of the public utilities commission. Sen. Watters, Dist 4 COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill clarifies and eliminates certain grants of authority to the public utilities commission, and requires, in any contested case before the commission to which the department of energy and the office of the consumer advocate are parties, the commission to approve by order any settlement agreement to which all parties are a signatory, unless the commission determines after hearing.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relative to defining the role of the public utilities commission. Sen. Watters, Dist 4 COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill clarifies and eliminates certain grants of authority to the public utilities commission, and requires, in any contested case before the commission to which the department of energy and the office of the consumer advocate are parties, the commission to approve by order any settlement agreement to which all parties are a signatory, unless the commission determines after hearing that any settlement provision is contrary to law. This bill is at the request of the office of the consumer advocate. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 25-0873 09/08 STATE OF NEW …
Sponsors
- Daniel Popovici-Muller (R, 17) · primary sponsor
- Bob Lynn (R, 17)