New Hampshire legislation · 2025 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1741: relative to the enrollment and use of distributed energy resource aggregations by electric utilities.
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to the allocation of public utility costs to ratepayers. Rep. Wade, Straf. 15 COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill prohibits public utilities from recovering certain legal, trade association, and promotional costs through rates. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brack.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relative to the allocation of public utility costs to ratepayers. Rep. Wade, Straf. 15 COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill prohibits public utilities from recovering certain legal, trade association, and promotional costs through rates. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2984 06/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to the allocation of public utility costs to ratepayers. 374:2-b Prohibited Cost Recovery Through Rates. I. No public utility shall recover through rates any costs associated with its attendance at, participation in, preparation for, or appeal of any contested proceeding conducted before the public utilities commission. Such costs shall include, but not …
Sponsors
- Tony Caplan (D, 8) · primary sponsor
- (D, 15)