Revision: Dec. 16, 2011, midnight
SB 258 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
06/05
SENATE BILL 258
AN ACT authorizing group net metering for limited electrical energy producers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Houde, Dist 5; Rep. Hawkes, Ches 3
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
This bill adds and modifies certain definitions related to net energy planning.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2950
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT authorizing group net metering for limited electrical energy producers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers; Definitions. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b to read as follows:
II-b. “Eligible customer-generator’’ [or], “customer-generator’’, or “customer-generator group” means an electric utility customer or group of customers who [owns] own or [operates an] operate qualifying electrical generating [facility] facilities either powered by renewable energy or which [employs] employ a heat led combined heat and power system, with a total peak generating capacity of not more than [100] 200 kilowatts, or that first [begins] begin operation after July 1, 2010 and [has] have a total peak generating capacity of [100] 200 kilowatts or more up to one megawatt, that [is] are located behind a retail meter on the customer’s premises [is] or, in the case of a group of a net metering system, on the premises of a customer who is a member of the group, are interconnected and [operates] operate in parallel with the electric grid, and [is] are used in the first instance to offset the customer’s own electricity requirements.
2 New Paragraph; Limited Electrical Energy Producers. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-b. “Group net metering” means group systems using multiple net meters under RSA 362-A:9 and defined in paragraph II-b as a “customer-generator group.”
3 Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9, I to read as follows:
I. Standard tariffs providing for net energy metering shall be made available to eligible customer-generators, or customer-generator groups, by each electric distribution utility in conformance with net metering rules adopted and orders issued by the commission. Each net energy metering tariff shall be identical, with respect to rates, rate structure, and charges, to the tariff under which a customer-generator would otherwise take default generation supply service from the distribution utility. Such tariffs shall be available on a first-come, first-served basis within each electric utility service area under the jurisdiction of the commission until such time as the total rated generating capacity owned or operated by eligible customer-generators, or customer-generator groups, totals a number equal to 50 megawatts multiplied by each such utility’s percentage share of the total 2010 annual coincident peak energy demand distributed by all such utilities as determined by the commission. No more than 2 megawatts of such total rated generating capacity shall be from a combined heat and power system as defined in RSA 362-A:1-a, I-d.
4 Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9, III to read as follows:
III. Metering shall be done in accordance with normal metering practices, except as indicated in paragraph XIV for customer-generated groups. A single net meter that shows the customer’s net energy usage by measuring both the inflow and outflow of electricity internally shall be the extent of metering that is required at facilities with a total peak generating capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts. A bi-directional metering system that records the total amount of electricity that flows in each direction from the customer premises, either instantaneously or over intervals of an hour or less, shall be required at facilities with a total peak generating capacity of more than 100 kilowatts. Customer-generators or customer-generator groups shall not be required to pay for the installation of net meters, but shall pay for the installation of all bi-directional metering systems as outlined in utility interconnection tariffs or rules.
5 Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9, IX to read as follows:
IX. Renewable energy credits shall remain the property of the customer-generator or customer-generator groups until such credits are sold or transferred. If an electric distribution utility acquires renewable energy credits from a customer-generator in conjunction with purchasing excess generation, it may apply such generation and credits to its renewable energy source default service option under RSA 374-F:3, V(f).
6 Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9, XIII to read as follows:
XIII. Customer-generators or customer-generator groups shall be responsible for all costs associated with interconnection with the distribution system.
7 New Paragraph; Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIV. Electric energy measurement for group net metering shall be calculated in the following manner:
(a) Net metering customers that are customer-generator groups may credit on-site generation against all meters designated to the customer-generator group.
(b) Electric energy measurement for customer generator groups shall be calculated by subtracting total usage of all meters included in the customer generator group from total generation by the customer-generator group. If the electricity generated by the customer generator group is less than the total usage of all meters included in the customer-generator group during the billing period, the group net metering system shall be credited for any accumulated kilowatt-hour credit and then billed for the net electricity supplied by the electric company, in accordance with paragraph IV.
(c) If electricity generated by the customer generator group exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric company, the provisions of paragraph V and VI shall apply, with credits allocated to and appearing on the bill of each member of the customer generator group.
8 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.