HB 1742 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
5Mar2026... 0583h
04/09/2026 1265s
2026 SESSION
26-2786
06/08
HOUSE BILL 1742
AN ACT relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.
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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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows a customer-generator that is inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program to request that the electric distribution utility re-enroll the customer-generator in the utility’s default energy service.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5Mar2026... 0583h
04/09/2026 1265s 26-2786
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9 by inserting after paragraph XXIII the following new paragraph:
XXIV.(a) A customer-generator that is inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program adopted and operating under RSA 53-E by error or without the customer-generator's consent, if required, may request that the customer-generator's electric distribution utility re-enroll the customer-generator in the utility’s default energy service.
(b) Upon receipt of the customer-generator’s petition, the electric distribution utility shall:
(1) Investigate the customer-generator's enrollment status within 20 business days;
(2) If such inadvertent enrollment is confirmed, restore the customer to default service as of the start of the next billing cycle, provided that the final determination is made within 2 business days prior to the start of that billing cycle; and
(3) Retroactively apply net metering credits for exported kilowatt-hours for a period of up to ?4 monthly billing cycles prior to the effective re-enrollment date, with such credits based on the applicable net metering tariff in effect for the customer-generator during the period of inadvertent dis-enrollment from utility default energy service. Any credits from energy exported more than 4 months prior to the customer notifying the utility shall not be recoverable from the utility.
(c) Retroactive credits issued by the utility under this paragraph shall be recoverable from all customers consistent with recovery of the utility’s net metering expenses.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Feb. 23, 2026 | 2026-0583h |
| March 24, 2026 | 2026-1265s |
| 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 |
| March 24, 2026 | Senate | Hearing |
| Senate | Floor Vote |
April 3, 2026: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1265s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
April 3, 2026: Committee Amendment # 2026-1265s, AA, VV; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
March 24, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1265s, 04/09/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13
March 19, 2026: Hearing: 03/24/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 11
March 6, 2026: Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6
March 5, 2026: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0583h: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6
March 5, 2026: Amendment # 2026-0583h: AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6
Feb. 24, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0583h (NT) 02/09/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 28
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 P. 34