HB 1742 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2786
06/08
HOUSE BILL 1742
SPONSORS: Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires electric utilities to restore customer-generators who are inadvertently enrolled in a third-party electricity supply program to default service and apply net metering credits retroactively for up to 6 months.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2786
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Inadvertent Enrollment Restoration for Customer-Generators. Amend RSA 362-A by inserting after section 9 the following new section:
362-A:9-a Inadvertent Enrollment; Restoration and Compensation for Customer-Generators.
I. In this section:
(a) “Customer-generator” means a customer-generator as defined in RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b.
(b) “Inadvertent enrollment” means an enrollment of a customer-generator in a third-party electricity supply program, including participation through community choice aggregation under RSA 53-E, without the customer-generator’s explicit consent or due to inaccurate utility data.
(c) “Default service” means the standard electricity supply service provided by the electric utility under RSA 374-F.
II. Upon written notification by a customer-generator or an authorized representative regarding inadvertent enrollment, the electric utility shall:
(a) Investigate the customer-generator’s enrollment status within 10 business days; and
(b) If inadvertent enrollment is confirmed, restore the customer-generator to default service within 5 business days of confirmation.
III. For any period up to 6 months prior to the date of restoration to default service, the electric utility shall retroactively apply net metering credits for exported kilowatt-hours not credited because of the inadvertent enrollment. Retroactive compensation shall be calculated using the net metering tariff in effect for the customer-generator during the period of disruption and applied as a bill credit or refund at the utility’s discretion.
IV. The public utilities commission may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as necessary to implement this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Feb. 23, 2026 | 2026-0583h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 2, 2026 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 10, 2026 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 9, 2026 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 9, 2026 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 24, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0583h (NT) 02/09/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC)
Feb. 24, 2026: Executive Session: 02/09/2026 03:00 pm GP 229
Feb. 5, 2026: ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/10/2026 03:00 pm GP 229
Jan. 29, 2026: Public Hearing: 02/02/2026 03:00 pm GP 229
Dec. 17, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 1