HB1116 (2020) Compare Changes


Unchanged Version

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1 Renewable Generation to Provide Fuel Diversity; Municipal Solid Waste Facilities Removed. Amend RSA 362-H:1, V to read as follows:

V.(a) "Eligible facility" means any facility which produces electricity for sale by the use, as a primary energy source, of biomass, or municipal solid waste; provided that: (1) the facility's power production capacity is not greater than 25 megawatts excluding station service needs; (2) the facility is interconnected with an electric distribution or transmission system located in New Hampshire; and (3) the facility began operation prior to January 1, 2006, or if the facility ceased operation and then later returned to service after that date then prior to January 1, 2006 the facility operated for at least 5 years regardless of the current operational status of the facility.

(b) "Eligible facility" shall not include: (1) any facility, while selling its electrical output at long-term rates established before January 1, 2007 by orders of the commission under RSA 362-A:4; and, (2) any municipal solid waste facility less than 10 megawatts in size and which was not in operation on January 1, 2018.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Changed Version

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1 Renewable Generation to Provide Fuel Diversity; Municipal Solid Waste Facilities Removed. Amend RSA 362-H:1, V to read as follows:

V.(a) "Eligible facility" means any facility which produces electricity for sale by the use, as a primary energy source, of biomass; provided that: (1) the facility's power production capacity is not greater than 25 megawatts excluding station service needs; (2) the facility is interconnected with an electric distribution or transmission system located in New Hampshire; and (3) the facility began operation prior to January 1, 2006, or if the facility ceased operation and then later returned to service after that date then prior to January 1, 2006 the facility operated for at least 5 years regardless of the current operational status of the facility.

(b) "Eligible facility" shall not include: (1) any facility, while selling its electrical output at long-term rates established before January 1, 2007 by orders of the commission under RSA 362-A:4; and, (2) any municipal solid waste facility .

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.