Bill Text: NH SB321 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to incentive payments to certain churches which are owners of small renewable energy generation facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-20 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 04/20/2016 House Journal 36 P. 8 [SB321 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB321-Amended.html
SB 321 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/18/2016 0495s
2016 SESSION
16-2835
06/09
SENATE BILL 321
AN ACT relative to incentive payments to certain churches which are owners of small renewable energy generation facilities.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Parker, Carr. 6; Rep. S. Schmidt, Carr. 6
COMMITTEE: Energy And Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the public utilities commission to make a one-time incentive payment to a church that owns a qualifying small renewable energy generation facility.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/18/2016 0495s 16-2835
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to incentive payments to certain churches which are owners of small renewable energy generation facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Electric Renewable Portfolio Standards; Renewable Energy Fund; Eligibility of Religious Establishments. Amend RSA 362-F:10 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII. The commission shall extend eligibility to religious establishments located in New Hampshire having federal tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that are customers of municipal electric utilities for the purpose of receiving rebates from the commercial and industrial solar incentive and rebate program established under RSA 362-F:10, VIII.
2 Electric Renewable Portfolio Standard; Renewable Energy Fund. Amend RSA 362-F:10, XI to read as follows:
XI. The commission shall issue requests for proposals that provide renewable projects in the nonresidential sector, which include commercial and industrial sited renewable energy projects, existing generators, and developers of new commercial-scale renewable generation in New Hampshire, with opportunities to receive funds from the renewable energy fund established under RSA 362-F:10. The requests for proposals shall provide such opportunities to those renewable energy projects that are not eligible to participate in incentive and rebate programs developed by the commission under RSA 362-F:10, V [and], RSA 362-F:10, VIII, and RSA 362-F:10, XII. The commission shall issue a request for proposals no later than March 1, 2011 and annually thereafter, and select winning projects in a timely manner.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
