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 HOUSE
02/16/2022 0661s
4May2022... 1399h
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. The bill also provides for payment to customer-generators under the alternative net metering tariff.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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
4May2022... 1399h 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 New Paragraph; Net Energy Metering; Alternative Net Metering Tariff. Amend RSA 362-A:9 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. A customer-generator subject to the alternative net metering tariff adopted by the commission in order 26,029 issued on June 23, 2017, and subsequent orders issued thereafter in docket DE 16-576, may elect to receive a payment from the distribution utility either on an annual basis in an amount equal to the accrued monetary bill credit balance that exceeds $100 as of the end of the March billing period, or on a quarterly basis in an amount equal to the amount of the accrued monetary bill credit balance that exceeds $25 as of the end of the most recent billing period preceding such quarterly payment. The costs reasonably incurred by a utility pursuant to this paragraph shall be recoverable.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2958
Amended 2/23/22
SB 261-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2022-0661s)
AN ACT relative to net metering participation.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None
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METHODOLOGY:
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. The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as amended by the Senate, has no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures or revenue.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Energy
