Bills to Preempt Net Metering Study

What is happening? In a legislative gamesmanship move, bills filed in New Hampshire look to take action before a Utility Commission sanctioned report on fair net metering rates can be made public.

Why is this important? One bill, HB 1629 (2022 | NH) , cuts the net metering rate to make it equal to the whole sale rate which renewables say harms the renewables industry. Another bill, HB 1599 (2022 | NH) , makes larger scale projects of net metering, above 1MW more lucrative.

How will this be important? Process is what is important here- do agreed to, utility commission sanctioned studies have merit, or do legislators do what they want without data collected by the utility regulator.

Energy News Network | New Hampshire legislation aims to preempt state’s net-metering study