Bill Text: NH SB261 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to net metering participation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-08 - Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0152; Effective 08/06/2022 [SB261 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-SB261-Amended.html
SB 261-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/16/2022 0661s
2022 SESSION
22-2958
12/08
SENATE BILL 261-FN
AN ACT relative to net metering participation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires utilities to pay a customer-generator at least quarterly for the customer-generator's excess generation, if the customer-generator has elected the payment option.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/16/2022 0661s 22-2958
12/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to net metering participation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Net Energy Metering; Negative Net Energy Usage. Amend RSA 362-A:9, V(b) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided in paragraph VI, the customer-generator may elect to be paid or credited by the electric distribution utility for its excess generation at rates that are equal to the utility's avoided costs for energy and capacity to provide default service as determined by the commission consistent with the requirements of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 (PURPA). The commission shall determine reasonable conditions for such an election, including the frequency of payment, provided that the commission requires the option of payment at least quarterly, and how often a customer-generator may choose this option versus the option in subparagraph (a).
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2958
12/7/21
SB 261-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to net metering participation.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Other - Various Government Funds | |||
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill clarifies provisions relative to net energy metering participation and allows customer generators to receive a payment for negative net energy usage during the subsequent billing cycle in an amount equivalent to certain credits.
The Department of Energy states this bill would allow relatively larger customer-generators to participate in net-metering without having load behind the meter even if they do not group net meter and to be credited or paid at the default service rate for any net exports of the electricity generated. This would be a change from the current PUC-approved net metering tariff provisions and would permit certain renewable energy project developers and other customer-generators to net meter without sharing the benefits of that net metering with group members. This would increase the potential for the development of new projects eligible to net meter.
The Department indicates this may increase potential cost-shifting from participating to non-participating customers that is properly attributable to net metering tariff provisions. It is also possible that net-metered distributed generation will reduce transmission costs and avoid other utility costs. The Department is unable to quantify any such avoided costs, costs increases, or potential cost-shifting at this time. The Department is currently working with a consultant to study issues related to the value of distributed energy resources eligible to net meter and expects the study will be completed by late Spring 2022.
To the extent the bill has an impact on electricity rates, it would also impact State, county and local expenditures for electricity.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Energy
