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New Hampshire - Net Metering

Last DSIRE Review: 07/29/2009

Incentive Type:	Net Metering
State:	New Hampshire
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:	Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Electric, Small Hydroelectric, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Biodiesel, Other Distributed Generation Technologies
Applicable Sectors:	Commercial, Industrial, Residential
Applicable Utilities:	All utilities
System Capacity Limit:	100 kW
Aggregate Capacity Limit:	1% of utility's peak demand
Net Excess Generation:	Credited to customer's next bill at retail rate; carries over indefinitely
REC Ownership:	Not addressed
Meter Aggregation:	Not addressed
Web Site:	http://nh.gov/ oep/programs/energy/RenewableEnergyIncentives.htm
Authority 1:	New Hampshire Statutes § 362-A:1-a
Date Effective:	2007 (amendments)
Authority 2:	New Hampshire Statutes § 362-A:9
Date Enacted:	8/25/1998
Date Effective:	2001
Authority 3:	N.H. Admin. Rules, Puc 900
Date Enacted:	1/12/2001 (subsequently amended)

Summary:
New Hampshire requires all electric utilities selling power in the state to offer net metering to homeowners and small businesses that generate electricity using renewable-energy systems up to 100 kilowatts (kW) in capacity. The aggregate capacity of all net-metered systems in a utility's service territory is limited to 1% of the utility's annual peak energy demand. Any customer net excess generation (NEG) during a billing cycle is credited to the customer "over subsequent billing periods."

Contact:

Tom Frantz
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
21 South Fruit Street
Suite 10
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2431
Fax: (603) 271-3878
E-Mail: tom.frantz@puc.nh.gov
Web Site: http://www.puc.nh.gov

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