HB 695 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 695
AN ACT relative to net energy metering.
SPONSORS: Rep. Pitts, Rock 35; Rep. Taylor, Straf 11; Rep. Gilmore, Straf 11; Rep. Keye, Hills 30
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill adds fuel cell energy to the sources eligible under the limited electrical energy producers act. This bill also provides that net energy credits shall be carried over to subsequent billing periods.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0637
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to net energy metering.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limited Electrical Energy Producers; Definitions; Fuel Cell Technology. Amend RSA 362-A:1-a, II-b to read as follows:
II-b. "Eligible customer-generator" means an electric utility customer who owns and operates electrical generating facilities powered by fuel cell, solar, wind, and/or hydro energy with a total peak generating capacity of not more than 25 kilowatts that is located on the customer's premises, is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electric grid, and is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer's own electricity requirements.
II-c. "Fuel cell" means an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into usable electricity and heat without combustion as an intermediate step.
2 Limited Electrical Energy Producers; Net Energy Measurement; Credits. Amend RSA 362-A:9, IV(c) to read as follows:
(c) Where the electricity generated by the customer-generator exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric grid, the customer-generator shall be credited during the next billing period for the excess kilowatt hours generated in accordance with this section. Any kilowatt hours credited to a customer-generator but not utilized during a billing period shall be carried forward to the following billing period and until utilized by the customer-generator.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.