New Hampshire HB 723: repealing the multi-use energy data platform.

Bill Text

HB 723-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

26Mar2026... 0549EBA

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26Mar2026... 0549EBA 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 The following are repealed: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, and the subdivision heading preceding RSA 378:50.

 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.

 LBA

 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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General Fund, Highway Fund, and Various Agency Funds

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 *Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

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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