Bill Text - SB233 (2025)

(New Title) relative to the grid modernization advisory group.


Revision: May 1, 2025, 11:46 a.m.

SB 233-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

03/06/2025   0544s

1May2025... 1592h

2025 SESSION

25-1148

06/05

 

SENATE BILL 233-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the grid modernization advisory group.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides additional recommendations for consideration by the grid modernization advisory group.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/06/2025   0544s

1May2025... 1592h 25-1148

06/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to the grid modernization advisory group.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Subparagraphs; Grid Modernization Advisory Group.  Amend RSA 12-P:16, II(a) by inserting after subparagraph (4) the following new subparagraphs:

(5) The current and growing electricity reliability challenges in the New Hampshire and New England markets.

(6) The role of energy storage in addressing short-term and long-term reliability challenges.

(7) Market-based solutions to incentivize the development and connection of large-scale energy storage systems designed to enhance reliability.

(8) The use of an indexing storage credit model to incentivize storage market development.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

LBA

25-1148

3/7/25

 

SB 233-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2025-0544s)

 

AN ACT establishing an energy reliability and large-scale storage task force.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:   

 

 

Estimated State Impact

 

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

Revenue

$0

$0

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Revenue Fund(s)

None

Expenditures*

$0

Indeterminable Increase

$0

$0

Funding Source(s)

Department of Energy's Operating Budget

Appropriations*

$0

 

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$0

Funding Source(s)

None

*Expenditure = Cost of bill                *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill establishes an energy reliability task force within the Department of Energy, which will be responsible for completing several specific duties and submitting an interim report by December 1, 2025 and a final report June 1, 2026. The Department of Energy is unable to estimate the total expenditures that will be incurred during the task force's duration.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Energy