SB 79 - FINAL VERSION
03/16/2023 0840s
2023 SESSION
23-0978
10/08
SENATE BILL 79
AN ACT relative to the participation of customer generators in net energy metering.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds a definition and requirements for an industrial host as a customer-generator under the limited electrical energy producers act.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/16/2023 0840s 23-0978
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the participation of customer generators in net energy metering.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Definition; Eligible Customer Generator. RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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, 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, and as provided for an industrial host as defined in paragraph II-g, provided it 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.
2 New Paragraph; Definition. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a by inserting after paragraph II-f the following new paragraph:
II-g. "Industrial 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 commercial, industrial, or institutional entity with one or more accounts, provided that all accounts are located within the same utility franchise service territory. In no instance shall the electrical generating facility exceed 100 percent of the industrial host's average electric consumption over the past 12 months. An industrial host may be owned by either a public or private entity.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
VETOED May 31, 2023
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 8, 2023 | 2023-0840s |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 21, 2023 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 16, 2023 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 3, 2023 | House | Hearing |
| April 18, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| April 18, 2023 | House | Floor Vote |
Oct. 26, 2023: Notwithstanding the Governor's Veto, Shall SB 79 Become Law: RC 0Y-23N, Veto Sustained, lacking the necessary two-thirds vote; 10/26/2023; SJ 21
June 2, 2023: Vetoed by Governor 05/31/2023
May 23, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16
May 23, 2023: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
May 4, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA RC 194-179 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 41
April 25, 2023: Committee Report: Without Recommendation 04/18/2023 (Vote ; RC)
April 11, 2023: Executive Session: 04/18/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
April 11, 2023: Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2023 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
March 28, 2023: Public Hearing: 04/03/2023 11:00 am LOB 302-304
March 21, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy
March 16, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0840s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
March 16, 2023: Committee Amendment # 2023-0840s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
March 8, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0840s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13
Feb. 16, 2023: Hearing: 02/21/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 11
Jan. 18, 2023: Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4