New Hampshire § 374:33-a Recovery of Costs, Fees and Expenses

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 374:33-a — Recovery of Costs, Fees and Expenses

New Hampshire § 374:33-a

Title XXXIVPUBLIC UTILITIES

Ch. 374GENERAL REGULATIONS

SubdivisionLeases, Stock Ownership, Etc.

This text of New Hampshire § 374:33-a (Recovery of Costs, Fees and Expenses) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Hampshire primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 374:33-a (2026).

Text

In any proceeding under RSA 374:33 in which the public utilities commission determines that the proposed acquisition is not lawful, proper, or in the public interest, the public utilities commission shall review the costs incurred by the target company incident to the proceeding, determine which of those costs are reasonable and prudently incurred, and shall then require that the unsuccessful acquirer reimburse such costs to the target company. The public utilities commission is further prohibited from including in rates to ratepayers any of the costs, including, without limitation, all disbursement, expert witness fees, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by either party in such proceeding. This section shall not apply to costs and expenses incurred prior to July 19, 1991.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

In any proceeding under RSA 374:33 in which the public utilities commission determines that the proposed acquisition is not lawful, proper, or in the public interest, the public utilities commission shall review the costs incurred by the target company incident to the proceeding, determine which of those costs are reasonable and prudently incurred, and shall then require that the unsuccessful acquirer reimburse such costs to the target company. The public utilities commission is further prohibited from including in rates to ratepayers any of the costs, including, without limitation, all disbursement, expert witness fees, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by either party in such proceeding. This section shall not apply to costs and expenses incurred prior to July 19, 1991.

Legislative History

1991, 150:1, eff. July 19, 1991.

Nearby Sections

2

§ 374:33

Acquiring Stocks, Etc

§ 374:33-a

Recovery of Costs, Fees and Expenses

View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

New Hampshire § 374:33-a, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/374/374%3A33-a.