Energy and Economic Development

The Senate Committee on Energy and Economic Development.

Bills Referred, 2005-2006

• HB 69: relative to large groundwater withdrawals. (Signed into law)
• HB 148: transferring the New Hampshire estuaries project from the department of environmental services to the university of New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• HB 174: relative to renewable energy transition service, extending a portion of the system benefits charge, and repealing laws relating to information provided to electric service consumers. (Signed into law)
• HB 175: relative to divestiture of PSNH generation assets, establishing an energy policy task force, and establishing a fund for the costs of the energy policy task force. (Died on the table)
• HB 185: establishing a committee to study maximizing the incentives for the voluntary use of renewable energy in New Hampshire as defined in RSA 374-F:3. (Signed into law)
• HB 194: establishing a study committee to examine regulatory practices pertaining to the telecommunications industry and establishing procedures for alternative regulation of small incumbent local exchange carriers. (Signed into law)
• HB 215-FN: relative to water management and relative to the membership of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee. (Signed into law)
• HB 279: relative to the classification of Spofford Lake in Chesterfield, New Hampshire and exempting swimming rafts from regulation by the department of safety. (Signed into law)
• HB 288-FN: establishing a commission to effect the process for the town of Killington, Vermont to become part of the state of New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• HB 293: establishing a commission to study the feasibility of developing a materials resource and recovery facility in Sullivan County, and relative to exemptions for disposing of leaf and yard waste. (Signed into law)
• HB 315: relative to best available technology for air pollution control. (Signed into law)
• HB 371: relative to mercury reduction. (Died on the table)
• HB 414: relative to regulation of municipal waste combustors. (Signed into law)
• HB 457: relative to excavating and dredging permit exemptions for water conveyance systems. (Signed into law)
• HB 460-FN: relative to the reimbursement to certain providers by the bureau of emergency communications. (Signed into law)
• HB 517: establishing a committee to study certain issues relative to construction and demolition waste and establishing a moratorium on the incineration of any construction and demolition waste. (Signed into law)
• HB 560: relative to timber harvesting. (Signed into law)
• HB 580: establishing a committee to study the procedures for the formation and dissolution of solid waste management districts under RSA 53-B and the procedures for the dissolution of an interstate waste compact under RSA 53-D. (Signed into law)
• HB 602-FN-A: relative to the unbundling of communications services for purposes of the application of the communications services tax. (Signed into law)
• HB 653-FN-LOCAL: relative to bonds for construction, development, improvement, and acquisition of broadband facilities. (Signed into law)
• HB 669-FN: establishing a committee to study state laboratory water tests and fees for such tests collected by the department of environmental services. (Died on the table)
• HB 1146: AN ACT establishing a state energy policy commission. (Signed into law)
• HB 1156: changing the notification for public hearings on ski area passenger tramway rules from registered mail to first class mail. (Signed into law)
• HB 1289: relative to Pennichuck Brook and its watershed. (Killed)
• HB 1376: relative to the duties of the legislative oversight committee on electric utility restructuring. (Died on the table)
• HB 1433: establishing a moratorium on the incineration of construction and demolition waste. (Signed into law)
• HB 1471-FN: repealing the statutes relative to regional highway conferences. (Signed into law)
• HB 1491: AN ACT extending certain deadlines relative to the Great Bay Estuary Commission and the Estuary Alliance for Sewage Treatment and establishing a commission to study the publicly owned treatment plant needs of New Hampshire and state laboratory water tests and fees. (Signed into law)
• HB 1534: relative to maintaining construction and demolition debris as a solid waste. (Killed)
• HB 1568: establishing a committee to study the siting and construction of commercial wind energy facilities. (Died on the table)
• HB 1609-FN: requiring a pilot project to estimate future water needs and availability. (Signed into law)
• HB 1627: relative to the assessment of open space land. (Killed)
• HB 1663-FN-LOCAL: relative to the licensing fee for motor vehicle recycling yards. (Signed into law)
• HB 1673-FN: relative to the reduction of mercury emissions. (Signed into law)
• HB 1690: relative to renewable energy. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• HB 1756: relative to alternative regulation of small incumbent local exchange carriers. (Signed into law)
• HB 1758: classifying bio-oil, bio synthetic gas, and biodiesel as renewable energy sources and relative to taxation of renewable generation facilities. (Signed into law)
• HCR 25: urging the United States to withdraw funding for the United Nations if the United Nations adopts a resolution in violation of the United States Constitution. (Died on the table)
• SB 11-FN: extending the local property tax exemption for wooden poles and conduits. (Signed into law)
• SB 51: relative to jurisdiction of the public utilities commission over rural electric cooperatives. (Killed)
• SB 55: relative to the New Hampshire film and television commission and state promotional initiatives. (Signed into law)
• SB 94-FN-A-LOCAL: prohibiting the taxation of internet access and internet activities under the communications services tax and repealing the local property tax exemption for wooden poles and conduits. (Killed)
• SB 149-FN-A: relative to exemptions from the communications services tax. (Killed)
• SB 201: making technical corrections to certain environmental laws and the small business technical assistance program. (Signed into law)
• SB 215-FN: creating a committee to study alternatives for the disposal of construction and demolition debris. (Signed into law)
• SB 237: relative to excessive overpricing of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency. (Killed)
• SB 240: relative to transmission poles or structures on public highways. (Died on the table)
• SB 243: establishing a commission to study rural transit in New Hampshire. (Died on the table)
• SB 244: relative to unclaimed deposits for utility services. (Signed into law)
• SB 292-FN: relative to permits for combustion of certain waste. (Died on the table)
• SB 314-FN-LOCAL: establishing minimum renewable standards for energy portfolios. (Killed)
• SB 326: relative to a temporary moratorium on large groundwater permits and withdrawals. (Killed)
• SB 330: relative to outdoor advertising. (Killed)
• HJR 1: recognizing that Seavey Island and the Piscataqua River are within the boundaries of the state of New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• SJR 2: urging Congress to reject the Streamlined Sales Tax Project. (Signed into law)

And 223 bills in 7 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on April 18, 2006 for hearings on HB 1289, HB 1627, HB 1758 and HCR 25.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on April 11, 2006 for hearings on HB 1626-FN-A and HB 1673-FN.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on April 4, 2006 for hearings on HB 1491, HB 1534 and HB 1568.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on March 28, 2006 for hearings on HB 1433, HB 1609-FN and HB 1756.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on March 21, 2006 for hearings on HB 1376 and HB 1690.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on March 7, 2006 for hearings on HB 669-FN, HB 1471-FN, HB 1146, HB 1156 and HB 1663-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 21, 2006 for a hearing on HB 653-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 14, 2006 for hearings on SB 243, SB 240 and SB 314-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 7, 2006 for hearings on HB 175 and HJR 1.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on January 31, 2006 for hearings on SB 237 and SB 244.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on January 24, 2006 for hearings on SB 292-FN and SB 326.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on January 17, 2006 for hearings on SB 330 and SB 326.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on May 31, 2005 for a hearing on HB 460-FN.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on May 24, 2005 for hearings on HB 279, HB 185 and HB 371.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on May 17, 2005 for hearings on HB 69, HB 194, HB 517 and HB 185.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on May 10, 2005 for hearings on HB 174, HB 602-FN-A and HB 288-FN.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on April 26, 2005 for hearings on HB 315 and HB 414.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on April 19, 2005 for hearings on HB 293 and HB 580.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on April 12, 2005 for hearings on HB 148, HB 215-FN, HB 460-FN, HB 457 and HB 560.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 22, 2005 for hearings on SJR 2 and SB 215-FN.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 15, 2005 for a hearing on SB 94-FN-A-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 8, 2005 for a hearing on SB 11-FN.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 1, 2005 for hearings on SB 149-FN-A and SB 201.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on January 25, 2005 for hearings on SB 51 and SB 55.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on April 6, 2004 for hearings on HB 1221, HB 1301, HB 1399-FN-A and HB 803-FN-A-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on March 30, 2004 for a hearing on HB 1416-FN.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 10, 2004 for hearings on SB 505-FN-A-LOCAL and SB 426.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on February 3, 2004 for hearings on SB 436-FN-LOCAL, SB 488 and SB 374.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on January 20, 2004 for hearings on SB 443, SB 356, SB 433-FN and SB 503-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Energy and Economic Development met on January 13, 2004 for hearings on SB 342-FN and SB 466.

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