Bill > HB610

This bill, effective 120 days after passage, repeals the Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA), transferring its rights, powers, duties, and property to the New Hampshire Department of Energy (DoE). This means the DoE will assume all of the OCA's assets, liabilities, and ongoing obligations, including contracts and trust agreements, ensuring no existing rights or remedies are lost. The bill also makes conforming changes to various statutes, removing references to the OCA and integrating its former functions or responsibilities into the DoE or other entities, such as appointing a consumer advocate within the Department of Energy to represent residential utility consumers.

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https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=353&inflect=2