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CHAPTER 108
SB 591-FN - FINAL VERSION
03/05/2026 0779s
2026 SESSION
26-2169
06/09
SENATE BILL
591-FN
AN ACT relative to electric utility investment in distributed energy resources.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill amends certain standards governing electric utility investment in distributed energy resources.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/05/2026 0779s 26-2169
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT
relative to electric utility investment in distributed energy resources.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
108:1 Electric Utility Investment in Distributed Energy Resources. Amend RSA 374-G:4, II-III to read as follows:
II. Distributed electric generation owned by or receiving investments from an electric utility under this section shall be limited to a cumulative maximum in megawatts of [
6
]
10
percent of the utility's total distribution peak load in megawatts. This limitation shall not apply to [
front-of-meter
] energy storage[
, the energy storage pilot approved by commission order number 26,209,
] or demand response.
[
III. In addition, once the cumulative generation authorized under this chapter for a given public utility reaches 3 percent of the utility's total distribution peak load in megawatts, then that utility shall not be allowed to add any additional non-renewable generation under this chapter, until the cumulative renewable generation installed pursuant to this chapter, as a percentage of total generation installed pursuant to this chapter, shall equal or exceed twice the sum of the then-applicable percentage requirements for class I and class II under RSA 362-F:3.
]
108:2 Electric Utility Investment in Distributed Energy Resources; Authorization. Amend RSA 374-G:5, II(h) to read as follows:
(h) Whether the expected value of the economic benefits
, direct and indirect,
of the investment to the utility's ratepayers over the life of the investment outweigh the economic costs to the utility's ratepayers.
108:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
108:
Approved: May 28, 2026
Effective Date: July 27, 2026