N.H. Admin. Code Puc, ch. Puc 700 - RULES FOR SEWER UTILITIES

REVISION NOTE #1:

Document #6475, effective 3-25-97, made extensive changes to the wording and numbering of rules in Chapter Puc 700. Document #6475 superseded all prior filings for the sections in this chapter. The prior filings for the former Chapter Puc 700 included the following documents:

#2050, eff 5-24-82

#2404, eff 6-28-83

#2912, eff 11-26-84

#4648, eff 7-19-89

#5003, eff 11-26-90

#6245, eff 5-14-96

#6365, INTERIM, eff 11-18-96, EXPIRED: 3-28-97

Document #6625, effective 8-8-94, contained the "Uniform Classification of Accounts for Sewer Utilities", referenced in Puc 706.05 titled "Uniform System of Accounts for Accounting Records." The "Uniform Classification of Accounts for Sewer Utilities" is part of the uniform system of accounts (USOA) for regulated utilities, which is exempt from RSA 541-A pursuant to RSA 374:8, II and RSA 541-A:1, 21, I(q). The Commission must still file in the Office of Legislative Services a copy of all USOA rules adopted, amended, or repealed under RSA 374:8.

REVISION NOTE #2:

Document #13889, effective 4-22-24, readopted with amendments Chapter Puc 700 titled "Rules for Sewer Utilities," with extensive changes to the wording and format of the chapter.

Pursuant to 2021, 91:187, effective 7-1-21, the Department of Energy was established by the adoption of RSA 12-P. Pursuant to RSA 12-P:11, "All of the functions, powers, duties, records, personnel, and property of the public utilities commission incorporated in the statutes establishing the department of energy and which replace the authority of the commission with the authority of the department of energy, are hereby transferred, as of July 1, 2021, to the department of energy."

Pursuant to RSA 12-P:14, "Existing rules, orders, and approvals of the public utilities commission which are associated with any functions, powers, and duties, transferred to the department of energy pursuant to RSA 12-P:11 or any other statutory provision, shall continue in effect and be enforced by the commissioner of the department of energy until they expire or are repealed or amended in accordance with applicable law."

The extensive changes to the former Chapter Puc 700 in Document #13889 were made by the Public Utilities Commission (Commission) pursuant to RSA 365:8, I(e) and (l), after RSA 365:8 was amended by 2021, 91:249 and 250, effective 7-1-21. The amendments in Document #13889 included, but were not limited to, the deletion of existing provisions in rules governing customer relations, meter accuracy and testing, equipment and facilities, accident and leak reporting, other reporting, and enforcement procedures which the Department of Energy adopted as part of the Chapter En 700 titled "Rule for Sewer Utilities."

Puc700 in Document #13889 defined relevant terms used in the chapter, specified tariff requirements and contents pursuant to Puc 1600, required Commission authorization to provide sewer service, prescribed recordkeeping and record retention requirements, reporting and accounting standards, and processes and standards for utility requests for authority to issue securities

Document #13889 replaced all prior filings affecting the former Chapter Puc 700. The prior filings affecting the rules in the former Chapter Puc 700 after Document #6475, effective 3-25-97, included the following documents:

#8312, eff 3-25-05

#10408, eff 9-10-13

The rules in Document #10408 did not expire on 9-10-23 but were extended pursuant to RSA 541-A:14-a until replaced by the rules in Document #13889, effective 4-22-24.