Revision: Feb. 7, 2023, 4:25 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
February 7, 2023
2023-0406s
10/08
Amendment to SB 69-FN
Amend the bill by replacing section 2 with the following:
2 Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Definitions. New Paragraph; Definition; Non-profit Host. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a by inserting after paragraph II-f the following new paragraph:
II-g. "Nonprofit 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 nonprofit, provided that all customers are located within the same utility franchise service territory. A nonprofit host may be owned by either a public or private entity. For this definition, "nonprofit" means any community and technical college, colleges and universities, hospitals as defined in RSA 151:2, I(a) that operate as a not for profit or a non-profit, housing authorities, bona fide religious organizations, and the Pease development authority.
2023-0406s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows nonprofit entities of the community and technical colleges, colleges and universities, not-for-profit hospitals, housing authorities, bona fide religious organizations, and the Pease development authority, to participate as customer-generator group hosts under net energy metering.