Revision: Feb. 23, 2024, 1:25 p.m.
Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15
Rep. Vose, Rock. 5
February 20, 2024
2024-0764h
05/08
Amendment to HB 1600-FN
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties; Regulation. Amend RSA 53-E:4 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. When a municipal host, as defined in RSA 362-A:1-a, II-c, consents to use its generation to offset the group load of a municipal or county aggregation, and not one or more individual retail customer accounts, then it shall be a customer of a municipal or county aggregation and not on utility default service, with compensation for their output made pursuant to RSA 362-A:9, II.
2 Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties; Regulation; Reference Change. Amend RSA 53-E:4, VI to read as follows:
VI. Municipal or county aggregations shall be subject to RSA 363:38 as service providers and individual customer data shall be treated as confidential private information and shall not be subject to public disclosure under RSA 91-A. An approved aggregation may use individual customer data to comply with the provisions of RSA 53-E:7, [II] III and for research and development of potential new energy services to offer to customer participants.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that when a municipal host offsets the group load of a municipal or county aggregation, rather than individual customer accounts, then it shall be considered a customer of the municipal or county aggregation and compensated for its output.