Revision: Feb. 21, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
February 21, 2025
2025-0552s
06/11
Amendment to SB 230-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to electric utility restructuring and investment in distributed energy resources.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Electric Utility Restructuring; Definitions. Amend RSA 374-F:2 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a "Small modular reactors" or "SMRs" means advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW per unit.
2 Electric Utility Investment in Distributed Energy Resources; Definitions. Amend RSA 374-G:2, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) "Distributed energy resources" means energy storage, electric generation equipment including clean and renewable generation, including SMRs as defined in RSA 374-F:2, II-a, energy efficiency, demand response, load reduction or control programs, or technologies or devices located on or interconnected to the local electric distribution system for purposes including but not limited to reducing line losses, supporting voltage regulation, or peak load shaving, as part of a strategy for minimizing transmission and distribution costs as provided in RSA 374-F:3, III.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2025-0552s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Adds a definition of "small modular reactors" to the electric utility restructuring chapter.
II. Modifies the definition of "distributed energy resources" to include the new definition of "small modular reactors."