Bill Text: NH SB68 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to municipal host for purposes of limited electrical energy producers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-08 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/04/2023 House Journal 13 P. 17 [SB68 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-SB68-Introduced.html
SB 68-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0789
10/08
SENATE BILL 68-FN
AN ACT relative to municipal host for purposes of limited electrical energy producers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the requirement that a municipal host under the limited electrical energy producers act be located in the same municipality as all group members.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0789
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to municipal host for purposes of limited electrical energy producers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Definitions. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a, II-c to read as follows:
II-c. "Municipal host" means a customer generator with a total peak generating capacity of greater than one megawatt and less than 5 megawatts used to offset the electricity requirements of a group consisting exclusively of one or more customers who are political subdivisions, provided that all customers are located within the same utility franchise service territory. [A municipal host shall be located in the same municipality as all group members if the facility began operation after January 1, 2021.] A municipal host may be owned by either a public or private entity. For this definition, "political subdivision" means the state of New Hampshire or any city, town, county, school district, chartered public school, village district, school administrative unit, or any district or entity created for a special purpose administered or funded by any of the above-named governmental units.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
23-0789
Revised 1/20/23
SB 68-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to municipal host for purposes of limited electrical energy producers.
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 [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Various Government Funds | |||
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Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
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Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill removes the requirement that a municipal host under the limited electrical energy producers act be located in the same municipality as all group members.
Regarding revenues, the Department of Energy states this bill would have no impact on state revenues. To the extent the bill spurs creation of additional privately owned electricity generation subject to property taxes, county and local revenues would increase by an indeterminable amount.
The Department indicates removal of the requirement that a municipal host be located in the same municipality as all the group members would allow for newly constructed generation serving as a municipal host to have members from outside the same municipality as the host, provided they are in the same utility franchise territory. If a political subdivision, now participates as a municipal host or as a member of a municipal group host arrangement, their cost for electricity would decrease. To the extent cost shifting occurs as a result of net metered electricity, the cost of electricity for the state, counties, and units of local government could increase by an indeterminable amount for those not participating in net metering. In Docket 22-060, the Public Utilities Commission, as part of a review of the existing net metering tariff, is looking into the question of whether cost shifting occurs.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2023.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Energy
