BEECHER - NAWC

Water ComparedAppendix AState Telecommunications Electricity Natural Gas[a] [b] [c)New 1/91. DE 90-002 allowed 6/95. Legislation directed the PUC No legislative activityHampshire intraLATA toll to establish a pilot program for retail reported.competition (dial-up basis). competition for about 17,000customers.Transportation offered to1995. Law established customers who consumelocal competition 5/22/96. HB 1392 enacted requiring more than I 0,000 therms arulemaking. the PUC to implement retail choice month.for all customers of electric utilities12/31/96. Local exchange under its jurisdiction by 1/1/98, or atcompetition allowed (LECswith> 25,000 lines).the earliest date that the Commissiondetermines to be in the publicinterest, but no later than 7/1/98.States that utilities should be allowedto recover net unmitigatable strandedcosts, and are obligated to takereasonable measures to mitigate theirstranded costs throughnonbypassable charges to consumers(entry and exit fees are notpreferred). The PUC Final Plandiscusses stranded cost recoverythrough divestiture of generationassets and contracts andsecuritization of debts..2/97. PUC issued a Final Plan andLegal Analysis for restructuring.Issues addressed in the plan includeMarket Structure, UnbundlingElectric Services, Stranded Costs,and Public Policy Issues (such asuniversal service, renewable energy,and customer protections). Results ofpilot program available.1/98. PUC formally delayed the 1/98start of retail competition due to thecontinuing legal dispute between thePUC and PSNH.Full stranded cost recovery notguaranteed.NAWC 122 September 1998