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2017 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXXIV - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 378 - RATES AND CHARGES
Section 378:38 - Submission of Plans to the Commission.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 378:38 (2017)
378:38 Submission of Plans to the Commission. –
Pursuant to the policy established under RSA 378:37, each electric and natural gas utility, under RSA 362:2, shall file a least cost integrated resource plan with the commission within 2 years of the commission's final order regarding the utility's prior plan, and in all cases within 5 years of the filing date of the prior plan. Each such plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following, as applicable:
I. A forecast of future demand for the utility's service area.
II. An assessment of demand-side energy management programs, including conservation, efficiency, and load management programs.
III. An assessment of supply options including owned capacity, market procurements, renewable energy, and distributed energy resources.
IV. An assessment of distribution and transmission requirements, including an assessment of the benefits and costs of "smart grid'' technologies, and the institution or extension of electric utility programs designed to ensure a more reliable and resilient grid to prevent or minimize power outages, including but not limited to, infrastructure automation and technologies.
V. An assessment of plan integration and impact on state compliance with the Clean Air Act of 1990, as amended, and other environmental laws that may impact a utility's assets or customers.
VI. An assessment of the plan's long- and short-term environmental, economic, and energy price and supply impact on the state.
VII. An assessment of plan integration and consistency with the state energy strategy under RSA 4-E:1.
I. A forecast of future demand for the utility's service area.
II. An assessment of demand-side energy management programs, including conservation, efficiency, and load management programs.
III. An assessment of supply options including owned capacity, market procurements, renewable energy, and distributed energy resources.
IV. An assessment of distribution and transmission requirements, including an assessment of the benefits and costs of "smart grid'' technologies, and the institution or extension of electric utility programs designed to ensure a more reliable and resilient grid to prevent or minimize power outages, including but not limited to, infrastructure automation and technologies.
V. An assessment of plan integration and impact on state compliance with the Clean Air Act of 1990, as amended, and other environmental laws that may impact a utility's assets or customers.
VI. An assessment of the plan's long- and short-term environmental, economic, and energy price and supply impact on the state.
VII. An assessment of plan integration and consistency with the state energy strategy under RSA 4-E:1.
Source. 1990, 226:1. 1994, 362:4, eff. June 8, 1994. 2014, 129:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2014. 2015, 89:3, eff. Aug. 4, 2015.
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