1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9, XIV(a) to read as follows:

XIV.(a) A customer-generator may elect to become a group host for the purpose of reducing or otherwise controlling the energy costs of a group of customers who are not customer-generators, except that a political subdivision, as defined in RSA 362-A:1-a, II-c, or the owner of a facility described in RSA 362-A:9, XX, that is a customer-generator, may participate as a group member. The group of customers shall be located within the service territory of the same electric distribution utility as the host. The host shall provide a list of the group members to the commission and the electric distribution utility and shall certify that all members of the group have executed an agreement with the host regarding the utilization of kilowatt hours produced by the eligible facility and that the total historic annual load of the group members together with the host exceeds the projected annual output of the host's facility. The department shall verify that these group requirements have been met and shall register the group host. The department shall establish the process for registering hosts, including periodic re-registration, and the process by which changes in membership are allowed and administered. Net metering tariffs under this section shall not be made available to a customer-generator group host until such host is registered by the department.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9, XIV(a) to read as follows:

XIV.(a) (1) A customer-generator may elect to become a group host for the purpose of reducing or otherwise controlling the energy costs of a group of customers , except that a political subdivision, as defined in RSA 362-A:1-a, II-c, or the owner of a facility described in RSA 362-A:9, XX, that is a customer-generator, may participate as a group member. The group of customers shall be located within the service territory of the same electric distribution utility as the host. The host shall provide a list of the group members to the commission and the electric distribution utility and shall certify that all members of the group have executed an agreement with the host regarding the utilization of kilowatt hours produced by the eligible facility and that the total historic annual load of the group members together with the host exceeds the projected annual output of the host's facility. The department shall verify that these group requirements have been met and shall register the group host. The department shall establish the process for registering hosts, including periodic re-registration, and the process by which changes in membership are allowed and administered. Net metering tariffs under this section shall not be made available to a customer-generator group host until such host is registered by the department.

(2) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to ensure that small customer-generators are allowed to participate as members of a group for net metering. Any current or future commission rules shall allow small customer-generators to be members of a group for net metering. Agencies other than the commission that adopt rules affecting group net metering must also ensure that small customer-generators are allowed to be members of a group for net metering. " Small customer-generator" means a customer-generator whose facility has a total maximum generating capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts alternating current.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.