Bill Text: NH HB141 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to electric renewable energy classes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-26 - Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 04/26/2018; Senate Journal 14 [HB141 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB141-Amended.html
HB 141 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2017 SESSION
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06/04
HOUSE BILL 141
AN ACT relative to electric renewable energy classes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Murotake, Hills. 32; Rep. Vose, Rock. 9; Rep. J. Edwards, Rock. 4; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 2; Rep. Gauthier, Sull. 3
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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This bill permits the public utilities commission to modify renewable energy portfolio standards according to expected annual output provided such requirement does not exceed the requirement of RSA 362-F:3.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2018... 2472h 17-0119
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to electric renewable energy classes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Electric Renewable Portfolio Standard; Electric Renewable Energy Classes. Amend RSA 362-F:4, V and VI to read as follows:
V. [For good cause, and] After notice and hearing, the commission may either: (i) for good cause, accelerate or delay by up to one year, any given year's incremental increase in class I or II renewable portfolio standards requirement under RSA 362-F:3, or (ii) modify the class I or II renewable portfolio standards requirements under RSA 362-F:3 for calendar years beginning January 1, 2018 such that the requirement is equal to the reasonably expected potential annual output of available eligible sources after taking into account demand from similar programs in other states; provided such modified requirement does not exceed the applicable class requirement under RSA 362-F:3.
VI. After notice and hearing, the commission may modify the class III and IV renewable portfolio standards requirements under RSA 362-F:3 for calendar years beginning January 1, 2012 such that the requirements are equal to [an amount between 85 percent and 95 percent of] the reasonably expected potential annual output of available eligible sources after taking into account demand from similar programs in other states; provided such modified requirement does not exceed the applicable class requirement in RSA 362-F:3.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
