HB 1600-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2332
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1600-FN
AN ACT relative to participation in net energy metering.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Noel, Coos 5; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 35; Rep. Seaworth, Merr. 12; Rep. Wolf, Merr. 7; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill modifies requirements for participation of municipal hosts aggregating retail electric customers, and of generation assets, in net metering.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2332
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to participation in net energy metering.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Definition; Municipal Host. 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 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, provided that a municipal host that is used to offset the load of municipal or county aggregations pursuant to RSA 53-E shall be a customer of a municipal or county aggregation and not on utility default service, with compensation for their output made pursuant to RSA 362-A:9, II.
2 Net Energy Metering; Generator Assets. Amend RSA 362-A:9, XXI(b) and (c) to read as follows:
(b) No generator [of greater than one megawatt total peak generating capacity] that first becomes operational after [July 1, 2021] September 1, 2024 that elects to participate in net metering as otherwise authorized by statute shall be registered as a generator asset with ISO New England [before June 30, 2022].
(c) A generator [of greater than one megawatt total peak generating capacity] that first became operational before [July 1, 2021 that elects to participate] September 1, 2024 that participates in net metering as otherwise authorized by statute and that is registered with ISO New England as a generator asset [may, at its discretion,] shall retire from such participation in ISO New England wholesale markets at the earliest possible date, provided that any outstanding capacity supply obligation in the ISO New England market is discharged in conjunction with such retirement and shall refrain from registering as a generator with ISO New England for the duration of their participation in net metering.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
24-2332
Revised 1/12/24
HB 1600-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to participation in net energy metering.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease) | ||||||
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Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | Unknown at this time which, if any, revenue source would be impacted
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Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None
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Appropriations | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None
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• Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] N/A • Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] No | ||||||
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Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | ||
County Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | ||
County Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Local Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | ||
Local Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill modifies requirements for participation of municipal hosts aggregating retail electric customers, and of generation assets, in net metering.
The Department of Energy indicates this bill would have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenues. If the state, a county, or local unit of government engages in net metering as a municipal host and is in a community served by a municipal or county aggregator, the municipal host is used to offset the load of the municipal or county aggregator and the compensation rates will be made by the municipal or county aggregator. The Department states to the extent a municipal host that meets these requirements, the compensation to the municipal host may increase or decrease. The final tariff and compensation design done by the municipal or county aggregator would determine any revenue impact.
If the state, a county, or local unit of government engages in net metering as a municipal host and is not in a community served by a municipal or county aggregator, there would be no revenue impact. Currently municipal hosts are compensated at the net metering tariff established by the Public Utilities Commission for customers of Eversource, Liberty, and Unitil. This bill would move them from that tariff to a new tariff developed by the municipal or county aggregator. The Department states that it has no way of predicting what that tariff structure would look like in order estimate the impact to revenues.
Regarding state, county and local expenditures, the Department indicates there would be no fiscal impact. This bill only impacts the tariff of the group host for its exports of electricity to the grid. It has no impact on the tariff paid by group members of the arrangements for the electricity they consume, including for members that may be the state, counties, or local units of government. Neither statute nor rule have any prohibitions on group hosts and group members having different suppliers for the electricity portion of their bill.
The Public Utilities Commission states would have no fiscal impact on the Commission. The Commission has no information regarding any potential fiscal impact at the county or local level.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Energy and Public Utilities Commission