Kerri MURPHY

I oppose this bill to maintain local choice, fairness, and keeping New Hampshire communities free to manage their own energy futures. Repealing the enabling law takes this choice away from communities, penalizes residents who invested in solar in good faith under existing rules. Repealing this law would create fairness issues as: 1. This law has been in place since the 1970s, when the Nation’s energy security was threatened during the Arab Oil Embargoes; and 2. Fossil fuel energy sources get tax breaks all along their production chain, and so this is just giving solar parity with fossil fuels. This bill does not lower taxes overall. It shifts costs and creates new disincentives for clean energy investments that benefit the public. Please reject HB1002 and preserve local choice.