New Hampshire HB 1738: transferring the division of film and digital media to the division of travel and tourism in the department of business and economic affairs.

Bill Text

HB 1738-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

05/14/2026 1931s

2026 SESSION

 26-2643

 04/09

HOUSE BILL 1738-FN

AN ACT relative to ratepayer benefits from the regional greenhouse gas initiative and relative to net metering, energy procurement, and nuclear regulatory duties.

SPONSORS: Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 35; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill:

 I. Changes the carbon dioxide emissions budget allowances for 2027 through 2030 and thereafter, and creates 2 cost containment allowance levels and the trigger price at which the department releases allowances for years 2027 through 2030 and thereafter.

 II. Modifies the coordinator of nuclear development and regulatory activities' duties.

 II. Amends certain net metering applicable total peak generating capacities and establishes long-term eligibility for certain customer-generators to receive net energy metering compensation under alternative tariffs approved by the public utilities commission.

 III. Defines "advanced nuclear reactor."

 IV. Extends the deadline for electric distribution utilities to issue requests for proposals for multi-year agreements for energy, in conjunction with or independent of any attendant environmental attributes from electric energy sources, and modifies the requirements for the agreements.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/14/2026 1931s 26-2643

 04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to ratepayer benefits from the regional greenhouse gas initiative and relative to net metering, energy procurement, and nuclear regulatory duties.

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

 1 Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program; Definition; Regional Organization; RGGI allowance. Amend RSA 125-O:20, XIII-XV to read as follows:

 XIII. "Regional organization" means a non-profit organization formed by the signatory states to RGGI to provide technical and administrative assistance for such things as: emissions and allowance tracking, [offsets development and implementation,] allowance market monitoring, and data collection. The organization shall have no regulatory or enforcement authority. 

 XIV. "Retire" means submitting a RGGI allowance to the department for compliance or other purpose or retaining a RGGI allowance by the department such that the allowance may never be sold or otherwise used again. 

 XV. "RGGI allowance" means a limited authorization to emit one ton of CO2 issued by the department or other state with a program that the department determines is in accordance with this subdivision or the RGGI program, including emissions limitations as documented by the regional organization, and shall include budget allowances[, offset allowances, and early reduction allowances]. 

 2 Carbon Dioxide Emissions Budget Trading Program. Amend RSA 125-O:21, II to read as follows:

 II. The program shall include a statewide budget allowance total for each year calculated as follows: 

[2019 4,184,333 minus FCPBA minus SCPBA 

2020 4,079,725 minus FCPBA minus SCPBA 

2021 3,960,999 minus TBA 

2022 3,842,274 minus TBA 

2023 3,723,549 minus TBA 

2024 3,604,823 minus TBA 

2025 3,486,098 minus TBA]

2026 3,367,373 

2027 [3,248,648] 2,993,220

2028 [3,129,922] 2,619,068

2029 [3,011,197] 2,244,915

2030 and thereafter [2,892,472] 1,870,763

 3 Compliance; Permit Required. Amend RSA 125-O:22, V to read as follows:

 V. In addition to the provisions set forth in RSA 125-O:7, an affected CO2 source that fails to obtain and retire sufficient RGGI allowances during a compliance period, in accordance with RSA 125-O:22, I, shall obtain and surrender 3 RGGI budget [or early reduction] allowances in the next compliance period for each RGGI allowance that the affected CO2 source was short in obtaining compliance. 

 4 Cost Containment Allowances in Addition to the Budget. RSA 125-O:29 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: 

 125-O:29 Cost Containment Allowances in Addition to the Budget.

 I. For the purposes of cost containment, the department shall make available for sale at one or more auctions up to the following amounts of allowances that shall be in addition to the budget allowance total for the given year under RSA 125-O:21, II, if: 

 (a) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $19.50 in 2027, up to 503,667 allowances and up to 503,667 additional allowances if it equals or exceeds $29.25;

 (b) The C