Revision: Feb. 17, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
February 17, 2026
2026-0779s
04/08
Amendment to SB 591-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to electric utility investment in distributed energy resources.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Electric Utility Investment in Distributed Energy Resources. Amend RSA 374-G:4, II-III to read as follows:
II. Distributed electric generation owned by or receiving investments from an electric utility under this section shall be limited to a cumulative maximum in megawatts of [6] 10 percent of the utility's total distribution peak load in megawatts. This limitation shall not apply to [front-of-meter] energy storage[, the energy storage pilot approved by commission order number 26,209,] or demand response.
[III. In addition, once the cumulative generation authorized under this chapter for a given public utility reaches 3 percent of the utility's total distribution peak load in megawatts, then that utility shall not be allowed to add any additional non-renewable generation under this chapter, until the cumulative renewable generation installed pursuant to this chapter, as a percentage of total generation installed pursuant to this chapter, shall equal or exceed twice the sum of the then-applicable percentage requirements for class I and class II under RSA 362-F:3.]
2 Electric Utility Investment in Distributed Energy Resources; Authorization. Amend RSA 374-G:5, II(h) to read as follows:
(h) Whether the expected value of the economic benefits, direct and indirect, of the investment to the utility's ratepayers over the life of the investment outweigh the economic costs to the utility's ratepayers.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill amends certain standards governing electric utility investment in distributed energy resources.