CHAPTER 182
HB 233-FN - FINAL VERSION
9Mar2023... 0576h
04/13/2023 1321s
2023 SESSION
23-0396
10/05
HOUSE BILL 233-FN
AN ACT relative to useful thermal energy under the renewable portfolio standards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 4; Rep. Plett, Hills. 29; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 35; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for the verification of useful thermal energy under the electric renewable portfolio standards by methods approved by the department of energy.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Mar2023... 0576h
04/13/2023 1321s 23-0396
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to useful thermal energy under the renewable portfolio standards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
182:1 Electric Renewable Portfolio Standards; Useful Thermal Energy. Amend RSA 362-F:2, XV-a to read as follows:
XV-a. "Useful thermal energy" means renewable energy delivered from class I sources with a total gross nameplate heating capacity of its renewable energy certificate eligible units combined, of greater than 1,000,000 btu per hour that can be metered and that is delivered in New Hampshire to an end user in the form of direct heat, steam, hot water, or other thermal form that is used for heating, cooling, humidity control, process use, or other valid thermal end use energy requirements and for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed. For sources with a total gross nameplate heating capacity of its renewable energy certificate eligible units combined of 1,000,000 btu per hour or less, energy delivered shall be verified by a method that is approved by the department of energy.
182:2 Renewable Energy Certificates; Useful Thermal. Amend RSA 362-F:6, V to read as follows:
V. A qualified producer of useful thermal energy with a total gross nameplate heating capacity of its renewable energy certificate eligible units combined, of greater than 1,000,000 btu per hour shall provide for the metering of useful thermal energy produced in order to calculate the quantity of megawatt-hours for which renewable energy certificates are qualified, and to report to the department of energy under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 362-F:13. For sources with a total gross nameplate heating capacity of its renewable energy certificate eligible units combined, of 1,000,000 btu per hour or less, energy delivered shall be verified by a method that is approved by the department of energy in order to calculate the quantity of megawatt-hours for which renewable energy certificates are qualified, and to report to the department of energy under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 362-F:13. Monitoring, reporting, and calculating the useful thermal energy produced in each quarter shall be expressed in megawatt-hours, where each 3,412,000 BTUs of useful thermal energy is equivalent to one megawatt-hour.
182:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: August 04, 2023
Effective Date: October 03, 2023