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2023 SESSION
23-0273.1
10/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to eliminating the rebates distributed by the energy efficiency fund.
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ANALYSIS
This bill eliminates the rebate amount distributed to retail electricity ratepayers and allocates all auction proceeds to support current or future energy efficiency resource standards programs.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0273.1
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to eliminating the rebates distributed by the energy efficiency fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal; Energy Efficiency Fund and Use of Auction Proceeds; Rebates. RSA 125-O:23, II, relative to rebates of funds from the sale of regional greenhouse gas initiative allowances, is repealed.
2 Energy Efficiency Fund and Use of Auction Proceeds; Auction Proceed Allocation. RSA 125-O:23, III(c) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(c) Beginning January 1, 2024, and all subsequent years, all auction proceeds shall be dedicated to support current or future energy efficiency resource standards programs. The department of energy shall devise or discover low-cost, small-scale energy efficiency measures that can be implemented by homeowners and distribute these at no cost through NHsaves or through public schools, to enable savings to offset any decline in rebates, including but not limited to programmable thermostats. The department of energy shall contract with the department of education in developing coherent and successful education programs that will reach families. Said programs may include video-based education distributed through NHSaves.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.