Bill Text: NH HB723 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repealing the multi-use energy data platform.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Public Hearing: 02/10/2025 02:00 pm Legislative Office Building 302-304 [HB723 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB723-Introduced.html
HB 723-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0702
06/09
HOUSE BILL 723-FN
AN ACT repealing the multi-use energy data platform.
SPONSORS: Rep. Berezhny, Graf. 11; Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 36; Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18; Rep. McFarlane, Graf. 18; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. Summers, Rock. 20; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the multi-use energy data platform.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0702
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT repealing the multi-use energy data platform.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 378:50, relative to definitions of the multi-use energy data platform.
II. RSA 378:51, relative to the establishment of the online energy data platform.
III. RSA 378:52, relative to platform requirements of the multi-use energy data platform.
IV. RSA 378:53, relative to certification of the multi-use energy data platform.
V. RSA 378:54, relative to cost recovery of the multi-use energy data platform.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0702
1/7/25
HB 723-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT repealing the multi-use energy data platform.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | ||
Funding Source(s) | General Fund, Highway Fund, and Various Agency Funds | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
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Estimated Political Subdivision Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
County Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
County Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | ||
Local Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Local Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | ||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill repeals the requirement for electric and natural gas utilities to establish and jointly operate a statewide, multi-use online energy data platform. The repeal eliminates the obligation for utilities to invest in the development and ongoing operation of the platform.
The Department of Energy states the exact cost of establishing the platform would not be known until an RFP was issued, however preliminary estimates suggest initial utility operational costs between $4.6 million and $7 million, with annual ongoing costs ranging from $272,800 to $416,400. These costs would likely have been passed on to ratepayers, including state and municipal entities, through utility rates. In the event the multi-use online energy data platform was operational, this repeal would result in an indeterminable decrease in state, counties and local governments expenditures.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Energy
