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HB1742 • 2026

(New Title) relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

(New Title) relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Michael Vose (R), Gregory Hill (R), Kevin Avard (R), Thomas Cormen (D), Jeanine Notter (R), Howard Pearl (r), Michael Harrington (R), Douglas Thomas (R), David Watters (D)
Last action
2026-06-24
Official status
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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(New Title) relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

(New Title) relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

What This Bill Does

  • (New Title) relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

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Amendments

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Amendment #2026-0583h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 37

Plain English: Amendment #2026-0583h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 37 1

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-24 H

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 179; eff.08/18/2026

  2. 2026-06-10 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14

  3. 2026-06-10 H

    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  4. 2026-05-07 H

    House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1265s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12

  5. 2026-04-03 S

    Committee Amendment #2026-1265s , AA, VV; 04/09/2026; SJ 8

  6. 2026-04-03 S

    Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1265s , MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8

  7. 2026-03-24 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1265s , 04/09/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13

  8. 2026-03-19 S

    Hearing: 03/24/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 11

  9. 2026-03-06 S

    Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6

  10. 2026-03-05 H

    Amendment #2026-0583h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 37

  11. 2026-03-05 H

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0583h: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 37

  12. 2026-02-24 H

    Executive Session: 02/09/2026 03:00 pm GP 229

  13. 2026-02-24 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0583h (NT) 02/09/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 28

  14. 2026-02-05 H

    ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/10/2026 03:00 pm GP 229

  15. 2026-01-29 H

    Public Hearing: 02/02/2026 03:00 pm GP 229

  16. 2025-12-17 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 1 P. 34

Official Summary Text

(New Title) relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 179
HB 1742 - FINAL VERSION

5Mar2026... 0583h
04/09/2026 1265s
2026 SESSION
26-2786
06/08

HOUSE BILL
1742

AN ACT
relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

SPONSORS: Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows a customer-generator that is inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program to request that the electric distribution utility re-enroll the customer-generator in the utility’s default energy service.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5Mar2026... 0583h
04/09/2026 1265s 26-2786
06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to customer-generators inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

179:1 New Paragraph; Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act; Net Energy Metering. Amend RSA 362-A:9 by inserting after paragraph XXIII the following new paragraph:
XXIV.(a) A customer-generator that is inadvertently enrolled in a municipal or county aggregation program adopted and operating under RSA 53-E by error or without the customer-generator's consent, if required, may request that the customer-generator's electric distribution utility re-enroll the customer-generator in the utility’s default energy service.
(b) Upon receipt of the customer-generator’s petition, the electric distribution utility shall:
(1) Investigate the customer-generator's enrollment status within 20 business days;
(2) If such inadvertent enrollment is confirmed, restore the customer to default service as of the start of the next billing cycle, provided that the final determination is made within 2 business days prior to the start of that billing cycle; and
(3) Retroactively apply net metering credits for exported kilowatt-hours for a period of up to

4 monthly billing cycles prior to the effective re-enrollment date, with such credits based on the applicable net metering tariff in effect for the customer-generator during the period of inadvertent disenrollment from utility default energy service. Any credits from energy exported more than 4 months prior to the customer notifying the utility shall not be recoverable from the utility.
(c) Retroactive credits issued by the utility under this paragraph shall be recoverable from all customers consistent with recovery of the utility’s net metering expenses.

179:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 19, 2026
Effective Date: August 18, 2026