Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tSB 489 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2917
\t10/03
SENATE BILL\t489
AN ACT\trequiring a demonstration project using a Stirling engine system.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Rep. Introne, Rock. 5; Rep. Richardson, Coos 4
COMMITTEE:\tEnergy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires the office of energy and planning to undertake a demonstration project for the use of a Stirling engine system to provide electricity and/or heat to a state building.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2917
\t10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trequiring a demonstration project using a Stirling engine system.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Stirling Engine System; Demonstration Project; State Building.
\t\tI. The office of energy and planning shall identify a state building or facility that would be a suitable candidate for a demonstration project for installation of a Stirling engine system to provide electricity and/or heating needs for that building or facility.
\t\tII. The goal of the demonstration project would be to ascertain the reliability, commercial viability, and cost effectiveness of supplying electricity and/or heat to a state-owned building, provided that the project shall not increase the energy or heating costs of operating a state building for the period of the demonstration project.
\t\tIII. The director of the office of energy and planning, in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services, shall issue a public request for proposals to enter into a contract, in accordance with RSA 21-I, for the demonstration project to be undertaken by a willing provider of a Stirling engine system. Any changes to the infrastructure of the state building would be at the expense of the provider of the Stirling engine system. The state of New Hampshire shall reimburse the provider for the cost of the electricity or heat based on the current market rate for generated electricity in the competitive market and for the cost of heat replaced.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.