New Hampshire SB 391: relative to electric grid interconnection for certain customer generators.

Bill Text

SB 391 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

02/15/2024 0536s

2024 SESSION

 24-3004

 10/05

SENATE BILL 391

AN ACT relative to electric grid interconnection for certain customer generators.

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill requires the department of energy to begin rulemaking for the purposes of setting uniform procedures for distributed energy resources that are proposed for interconnection to the electrical infrastructure.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/15/2024 0536s 24-3004

 10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to electric grid interconnection for certain customer generators.

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

 1 Department of Energy; Draft Rules; Distributed Energy Resources. In order to set cost effective, timely, and predictable processes for customer generators wishing to interconnect to the state’s electric grid, within 60 days of the effective date of this section, the department of energy shall open a proceeding to examine and assess draft rules to be adopted for the purposes of setting uniform procedures for distributed energy resources that are proposed for interconnection to the electrical infrastructure of New Hampshire’s investor owned utilities and are not subject to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission jurisdiction. The draft rules shall include detailed applicability and eligibility requirements and provisions related to engineering standards, review processes, time lines, cost responsibilities, information sharing and transparency, and dispute resolution that are aligned with national best practices, including the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s 2023 model interconnection procedures. The draft rules shall utilize the comments the department of energy received as part of its investigatory proceeding in IP 2022-01. The PUC rule 900 shall remain in effect until any rules adopted pursuant to this section become effective. Any new employee positions required to implement this chapter shall be approved by the fiscal committee of the general court.

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.