Revision: Jan. 12, 2010, midnight
SB 334 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
09/05
SENATE BILL 334
AN ACT establishing a committee to study methods of encouraging the installation and use of small scale renewable energy resources by homeowners and businesses.
SPONSORS: Sen. Janeway, Dist 7; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill establishes a committee to study methods of encouraging the installation and use of small scale renewable energy resources by homeowners and businesses.
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10-2882
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT establishing a committee to study methods of encouraging the installation and use of small scale renewable energy resources by homeowners and businesses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study methods of encouraging the installation and use of small scale renewable energy resources by homeowners and businesses.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall study methods of encouraging the installation and use of small scale renewable energy resources by homeowners and businesses. The committee shall consider:
I. Allowing New Hampshire homeowners and small businesses to generate revenue from investments in small scale renewable generation.
II. The use of more modern billing and tracking systems such as the “feed-in tariff” approach, rather than the current “net metering” billing, metering, and tracking system.
III. Providing greater transparency in the billing and information exchange between a utility and its retail customers who have installed renewable generation on their premises.
IV. Ensuring that the regulated distribution charges are properly and fairly applied to all electric customers.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2010.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.