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The Utility Data Bill
Utility data can be shared with city officials for emergencies
Relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
If passed, utilities could give your personal energy info to local emergency teams without your permission, but only for disaster response.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
Citizens could lose some privacy as their electricity usage and address are shared with city officials during storms or fires, though the bill promises security and bans commercial use.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Allows utility companies to share individual customer data with municipalities' authorized public safety officials.
- Requires contracts to include security safeguards and bans secondary commercial use without consent.
- Exempts such disclosures from RSA 91-A:5 privacy protections.
- Effective 60 days after passage.
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