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Committee debates changing how system benefits charge programs are reviewed; no final committee vote recorded
Summary
Lawmakers discussed HB 221, which would give the Public Utilities Commission more latitude to consider alternative cost-effectiveness tests for energy efficiency programs. Members were divided over whether to preserve the Granite State Test and program stability.
House Bill 221 prompted a lengthy committee debate about which cost-effectiveness tests should govern the state's energy efficiency triennial plans and how much discretion to give the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
Representative McGee, who explained the amendment during the March 4 work session, told the committee that the bill and amendment would allow the PUC flexibility to consider additional tests through an adjudicative process and to approve any new test by order "prior to commencement of any triennial order, period beginning with…
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