RSA 374:22-g Service Territories Served by Certain Telephone Utilities.

I. To the extent consistent with federal law and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all telephone franchise areas served by a telephone utility that provides local exchange service, subject to the jurisdiction of the department of energy, shall be nonexclusive. The department of energy, upon petition or on its own motion, shall have the authority to authorize the providing of telecommunications services, including local exchange services, and any other telecommunications services, by more than one provider, in any service territory, when the department of energy finds and determines that it is consistent with the public good unless prohibited by federal law.
II. In determining the public good, the department of energy shall consider the interests of co