New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB221: (New Title) enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.
Status: Vetoed, August 19, 2026
What the bill says
An act enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators. Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 36; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. Summers, Rock. 20; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5 COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy ----------------------------------------------------------------- AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. Modifies the coordinator of nuclear development and regulatory activities' duties. II. Amends certain net metering applicabl.
From the enrolled text, May 14, 2026:
AN ACT enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators. Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 36; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. Summers, Rock. 20; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5 COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy ----------------------------------------------------------------- AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …