Bill Text - SB590 (2026)

Relative to electric aggregation plans.


Revision: June 23, 2026, 12:02 p.m.

CHAPTER 198

SB 590-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

01/29/2026   0083s

05/21/2026   1995EBA

2026 SESSION

26-2167

06/05

 

SENATE BILL 590-FN

 

AN ACT relative to electric aggregation plans.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes municipalities to use revolving funds to support energy services under approved electric aggregation plans.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/29/2026   0083s

05/21/2026   1995EBA 26-2167

06/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT relative to electric aggregation plans.

 

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

 

198:1  New Subparagraph; Revolving Funds.  Amend RSA 31:95-h, I by inserting after subparagraph (g) the following new subparagraph:  

(h)  Facilitating the provision of energy services pursuant to the approved electric aggregation plan under RSA 53-E, provided that no funds raised from local taxes shall be used for such purposes.

198:2  Powers and Duties of Towns; Miscellaneous; Revolving Funds.  Amend RSA 31:95-h, I(f)-(g) to read as follows:  

(f)  Financing of energy conservation and efficiency and clean energy improvements by participating property owners in an energy efficiency and clean energy district established pursuant to RSA 53-F; [or]

(g)  Facilitating transactions relative to municipal group net metering[.]; or

198:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 19, 2026

Effective Date: August 18, 2026