SB 79 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0978
10/08
SENATE BILL 79
AN ACT relative to the participation of customer generators in net energy metering.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds the requirement for large customer-generators participating in net energy metering to consume at least 20 percent of their own generation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0978
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the participation of customer generators 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; Eligible Customer Generator. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b to read as follows:
II-b. "Eligible customer-generator" or "customer-generator" means an electric utility customer who owns, operates, or purchases power from an electrical generating facility either powered by renewable energy or which employs a heat led combined heat and power system, with a total peak generating capacity of up to and including one megawatt or 100 percent of the customer’s aggregate average electric consumption over the past 12 months if greater than one megawatt but less than 5 megawatts, except as provided for a municipal host as defined in paragraph II-c, [that is located behind a retail meter on the customer's premises,] provided it is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electric grid, and is used to offset the customer's own electricity requirements. Incremental generation added to an existing generation facility, that does not itself qualify for net metering, shall qualify if such incremental generation meets the qualifications of this paragraph and is metered separately from the nonqualifying facility.
2 New Paragraph; Net Energy Metering; Consumption. Amend RSA 362-A:9 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a.(a) Facilities eligible for the net metering tariff under this section for customer generators larger than 100 kilowatts and up to 5 megawatt with an in-service date after January 1, 2023 and not acting as a group net metering host, must consume at least 20 percent of the generation, on an annual basis.
(b) Consumption requirements under this section shall not apply to low and moderate income customers as defined in administrative rules of the public utilities commission in PUC 902.21.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.