Wharton Sinkler

Dear Science, Technology and Energy Committee, I strongly support SB449, and urge you to recommend it as Ought To Pass. SB449 provides certainty to commercial and industrial (C&I) entities, which are considering installing renewable power. It does so by providing a 20-year window assuring the C&I entities that the net metering conditions at the time they interconnect can be relied on for 20 years. This certainty will create conditions conducive to the installation of more clean electricity generation by C&I entities in the Granite State. That benefits businesses in our State, who wish to lower their energy costs. It also makes New Hampshire overall less reliant on fossil fuel electricity generation, which is subject to price spikes, and is also environmentally damaging. SB449 is a good bill and I hope you will support it. Best Regards, Wharton Sinkler Sandwich NH