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Committee approves bill that allows off'grid electricity providers but keeps other safety and permitting requirements
Summary
The Science, Technology and Energy Committee voted 12-5 to recommend HB 672 as amended, a bill creating a statutory framework to allow off-grid electricity providers while explicitly exempting them from certain utility regulation but leaving health, safety, environmental and siting laws in place.
The Science, Technology and Energy Committee on March 4 voted 12-5 in favor of HB 672 as amended, a bill that establishes "off-grid electricity providers" as a category of sellers of electric energy that are not regulated as public utilities under RSA Title 34 but remain subject to other laws and local building codes.
The amendment spells out that off-grid providers "are not public utilities," explicitly references "RSA title 34" for the statutory chapters from which the providers are exempt, and adds language to clarify that providers are still subject to other applicable laws and regulations "such as municipal and state highway safety regulations." The amendment also references RSA 162-H, the…
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