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2023 SESSION
23-0457.0
10/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to participation in net energy metering by small hydroelectric generators.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a methodology for interconnection and participation in net metering by small hydroelectric generators.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0457.0
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to participation in net energy metering by small hydroelectric generators.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers; Net Metering; Small Hydroelectric Generators. Amend RSA 362-A:9, XX to read as follows:
XX. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a hydroelectric generator with a total peak generating capacity that is at or below the capacity eligibility requirements set forth in RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b and that first became operational before July 1, 2021 and that shares equipment or facilities with other generators, energy storage facilities, or electric utility customers for interconnection to the electric grid, shall be eligible to participate in net energy metering as a customer-generator even if the aggregate capacity of the generators and energy storage facilities sharing equipment or facilities for interconnection to the electric grid exceeds the capacity eligibility requirements set forth in RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b. Such a hydroelectric generator shall be eligible to participate in net energy metering as a customer-generator based on its individual total peak generating capacity and shall be eligible as a customer-generator as a matter of law without regard to whether such hydroelectric generator is the electric utility customer account of record at the point of interconnection to the electric grid. A hydroelectric generator eligible under this paragraph may, in reliance on revenue-grade meters, utilize a financial settlement methodology to determine generation eligible to participate in net energy metering; provided that, prior to participating in net metering, such a hydroelectric generator shall submit to the department of energy, for review and approval or denial, a description of the financial settlement methodology that will be used on an hourly, monthly, and annual basis. If the department of energy does not review and issue a decision on the methodology within 90 days from the date of submission, then the submission shall automatically be deemed approved. If the department of energy issues a decision denying the proposed financial settlement methodology, then the department shall include in its decision the specific reasons for such denial. Nothing in this provision shall be deemed to approve or allow the participation of energy storage facilities in net energy metering unless otherwise approved or allowed by law or an order or decision issued or rules adopted by the department of energy or the public utilities commission.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.