Paul Panish

I am writing to express my support for House Bill 759-FN, which establishes a regulatory framework for community generators and ensures that their contributions to the energy grid are properly accounted for in load settlement. This bill is an important step toward modernizing New Hampshire’s energy market, reducing reliance on centralized generation, and empowering local energy producers. A critical component of HB 759-FN is its provision for proper load settlement and compensation mechanisms for community generators. By allowing distributed energy resources to offset the load obligations of municipal or county aggregations and competitive electricity suppliers, the bill ensures that: -Energy is accurately accounted for at the wholesale level, reducing inefficiencies and enabling fair valuation of locally produced electricity. -Avoided generation capacity value is properly recognized, ensuring that community-generated power is treated as a true supply resource rather than an administrative offset. -Suppliers receive appropriate reductions in their wholesale energy obligations, creating a market structure that rewards local energy production and ensures cost fairness for all participants. By ensuring that community-generated energy is fully incorporated into load settlement processes, HB 759-FN helps prevent cost-shifting onto other ratepayers while incentivizing fair competition between centralized and distributed generation. Additionally, this bill enhances grid efficiency, reduces transmission losses, and strengthens local energy resilience, all while supporting renewable energy development within the state. I urge you and your colleagues to support HB 759-FN and ensure that New Hampshire's energy policies encourage fair market participation, accurate load accounting, and equitable compensation for community energy generation.