Bill Text: NH SB271 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

New Hampshire Senate Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relative to the Burgess BioPower facility.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-28 - Signed by the Governor on 06/24/2022; Chapter 0275; Effective 06/24/2022 [SB271 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-SB271-Amended.html

SB 271 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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SENATE BILL 271

AN ACT relative to the Burgess BioPower facility.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the public utilities commission to revise certain orders relative to the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the Burgess BioPower facility.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Burgess BioPower Plant. 2018, 340:1-2 are repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

340:1 Findings.

I. The general court finds that the continued operation of the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin: (a) is desirable to the energy infrastructure of the state of New Hampshire; (b) is a source of indigenously-sourced, reliable baseload power that contributes to regional fuel security and reliability of the regional electricity grid; (c) is important for the attainment of renewable energy portfolio standard goals of fuel diversity, capacity, sustainability and energy independence; (d) is significant to the continued health of New Hampshire’s forests; (e) provides valuable support to the timber industry; and (f) is a contributor of jobs and to the economy of both the North Country and the state as a whole.

340:2 Public Utilities Commission; Proceedings; Authority to Amend Prior Orders. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the public utilities commission shall reopen its Docket DE 10-195 and forthwith revise its Order No. 25,213 and its Order No. 26,198 and Order No. 26,333 in the following manner:

I. Further Suspension of Operation of Cap. The public utilities commission shall amend its Order No. 25,213 and its Order No. 26,198 and Order No. 26,333 issued in Docket DE 10-195 to extend the suspension of the operation of the cap on the cumulative reduction factor as set forth on page 97 of Order No. 25,213 for an additional period of one year from the date the operation of the cap would have otherwise taken effect under Order No. 25,213 and Order No. 26,198 and Order No. 26,333.

II. The Burgess BioPower plant and its affiliates shall, upon request therefor, make its and their capital and operating cost and profit and loss records available to the department of energy for investigation and audit, any of which records may be exempt from public disclosure under RSA 91-A:5, IV if reasonably so designated by the plant. All such records shall also be made available to the Office of the Consumer Advocate. The department of energy shall conduct an investigation and audit of the plant’s costs and revenues and submit a report thereon to the house science, technology, and energy committee and to the senate energy and natural resources committee on or before December 31, 2022.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.