RSA 371:20 Rights of Appeal, Notice, and Order.

Applicants and other persons directly affected by a decision of the department of energy to issue or deny a license may appeal a department decision to the public utilities commission within 30 days of the department's decision, and not thereafter. Whenever an appeal is timely filed, the commission shall hear all parties directly affected, except with respect to applicable safety standards and the applicability and validity of any department of energy rule. The commission may rescind the license or remand to the department of energy with instructions to issue, modify, or condition a license in any manner found necessary by the commission to assure that the license may be exercised without substantially affecting the public rights in public waters or state-owned lands. There shall be no ri