Revision: May 4, 2021, 11:02 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
May 4, 2021
2021-1294s
10/08
Amendment to HB 315
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the aggregation of electric customers and municipal host customer generators serving political subdivisions.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 10 with the following:
11 Eligible Customer Generator; Exception Added for Municipal Hosts. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b through II-d to read as follows:
II-b. "Eligible customer-generator" or "customer-generator" means an electric utility customer who owns, operates, or purchases power from an electrical generating facility either powered by renewable energy or which employs a heat led combined heat and power system, with a total peak generating capacity of up to and including one megawatt, except as provided for a municipal host as defined in paragraph II-c, that is located behind a retail meter on the customer's premises, is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electric grid, and is used to offset the customer's own electricity requirements. Incremental generation added to an existing generation facility, that does not itself qualify for net metering, shall qualify if such incremental generation meets the qualifications of this paragraph and is metered separately from the nonqualifying facility.
II-c. "Municipal host" means a customer generator with a total peak generating capacity of greater than one megawatt and less than 5 megawatts used to offset the electricity requirements of a group consisting exclusively of one or more customers who are political subdivisions, provided that all customers are located within the same utility franchise service territory. A municipal host shall be located in the same municipality as all group members if the facility began operation after January 1, 2021. A municipal host may be owned by either a public or private entity. For this definition, "political subdivision" means any city, town, county, school district, chartered public school, village district, school administrative unit, or any district or entity created for a special purpose administered or funded by any of the above-named governmental units.
II-d. "Eligible fuel" means natural gas, propane, wood pellets, hydrogen, or heating oil when combusted with a burner, including air emission standards for the device using the approved fuel.
[II-d] II-e. "Heat led" means that the combined heat and power system is operated in a manner to satisfy the heat usage needs of the customer-generator.
12 Utility Property Tax; Eligible Customer-Generator; Exclusion Clarified. Amend RSA 83-F:1, V(d) to read as follows:
(d) The electrical generation, production, storage, and supply equipment of an "eligible customer-generator" as defined in RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b, up to and including one megawatt;
I. Section 1-10 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
2021-1294s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill revises the procedures applicable to municipal or county aggregators and municipal electric utilities for the aggregation of energy services. This bill also establishes an exemption under net energy metering for group net metered facilities that generate electricity to offset electrical requirements of a group consisting of political subdivisions.