TITLE XXXIV
PUBLIC UTILITIES

CHAPTER 362
DEFINITION OF TERMS; UTILITIES EXEMPTED

Section 362:4-a

    362:4-a Electric Companies, When Public Utilities. –
I. A municipal corporation furnishing electric utility services outside its municipal boundaries shall not be considered a public utility under this title for the purpose of accounting, reporting, or auditing functions with respect to said service.
II. A municipal corporation furnishing electric utility services shall not be considered a public utility under this title if it serves customers outside of its municipal boundaries and charges such customers a rate no higher than that charged to its customers within the municipality, and provides those customers a quantity and quality of electricity equal to that served customers within the municipality. Nothing in this section shall exempt a municipal corporation from the franchise application requirements of RSA 374.

Source. 1991, 86:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.