Section En 609.10 - Electronic Filing Requirements, Annual Report(a) "Electronic filing" means the filing with the department or the commission of an electronic version of a document or form.(b) Each water utility shall, in addition to filing a completed and executed annual report in paper as required by En 609.02, electronically file with the department and the commission, to the extent practicable, in an electronic file format compatible with the computer systems of the department and the commission, a completed annual report form.(c) The department shall maintain a list on its website of the types of electronic file formats compatible with its and the commission's computer systems.(d) Any small water system as defined in En 602.14 shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.(e) Any water utility may petition the department for a one year waiver from the electronic filing requirement.(f) In its application for a waiver under (e) above, a water utility shall describe and provide evidence to demonstrate that:(1) It does not have the computer capability to generate electronic reports or filings due to the small size of its overall operations or its lack of computer equipment, or expertise or both;(2) Its existing available computer systems are not compatible with the computer systems of the department or the commission and because of this incompatibility it would be prohibitively expensive or cumbersome to file electronically; or(3) Other circumstances would make electronic filing prohibitively expensive or cumbersome.(g) The department shall issue a waiver under (e) and (f) above if it determines that the burden on the water utility of electronic filing outweighs the benefit to the administrative process.(h) The department shall make available to each water utility upon request an electronic version of the annual report form when the department has prepared and has available an electronic version.N.H. Admin. Code § En 609.10
Derived from Number 15, Filed April 11, 2024, Proposed by #13911, Effective 3/21/2024, Expires 3/21/2034 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for En 600).