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Committee hears bill to move electric assistance program administration to Department of Energy; sponsors call it housekeeping
Summary
Senate Bill 236 would transfer administration of the Electric Assistance Program to the New Hampshire Department of Energy. Supporters described it as housekeeping that places program oversight with the state energy agency; the department said the advisory board is functioning and raised concerns about naming members in statute.
Senate Bill 236, introduced at the request of the Department of Energy and presented in committee by Senator Don (Senator name given in testimony), would transfer administrative responsibility for New Hampshire’s Electric Assistance Program from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Energy.
Sponsor testimony described the measure as an administrative housekeeping change intended to place program administration with the agency best equipped to…
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