Bill Text: NH HB1174 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to energy sources for new natural gas transmission compressor stations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-10 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 198-132 03/10/2016 House Journal 25 P. 42 [HB1174 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1174-Introduced.html
HB 1174 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2239
06/05
HOUSE BILL 1174
AN ACT relative to energy sources for new natural gas transmission compressor stations.
SPONSORS: Rep. Williams, Hills. 4
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires certain compressor stations for natural gas transmission to obtain power from external electric energy sources.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2239
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to energy sources for new natural gas transmission compressor stations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Siting Requirements for Compressor Stations for Natural Gas Transmission. Amend RSA 374 by inserting after section 62 the following new subdivision:
Siting Requirements for Compressor Stations for Natural Gas Transmission
374:63 Siting for Compressor Stations for Natural Gas Transmission. Every compressor station for natural gas transmission built in New Hampshire after July 1, 2016 shall obtain the power for its operation from external energy sources. The facility shall meet criteria established by the site evaluation committee established under RSA 162-H:3.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
