Bill Text: NH SB96 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to state energy performance contracting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-11 - Signed by the Governor on 06/30/2023; Chapter 0143; Effective 08/29/2023 [SB96 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-SB96-Enrolled.html
SB 96 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
03/16/2023 0856s
2023 SESSION
23-1027
06/10
SENATE BILL 96
AN ACT relative to state energy performance contracting.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Infantine, Hills. 16; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits requests for qualifications or requests for contract proposals from requiring membership or accreditation in energy associations, using equipment not generally available to energy service companies, or terms of bias or favoritism.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/16/2023 0856s 23-1027
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to state energy performance contracting.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Administrative Services; State Facility Energy Cost Reduction; Energy Performance Contracting. Amend RSA 21-I:19-d, II(a) to read as follows:
(a) The agency shall issue a public request for proposals, advertised in the same manner as other programs, concerning the provision of energy efficiency services or the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of energy equipment, or both. The request for proposals shall contain terms and conditions relating to submission of proposals, evaluation and selection of proposals, financial terms, legal responsibilities, and other matters as may be required by law and as the agency determines appropriate. A request for qualifications or a request for proposals shall not contain terms that require membership in or accreditation from a specific regional, national, or international association of energy services companies, or the use of propriety equipment that is not generally available to energy services companies.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
