I support this bill which will provide clear guidelines for homeowners, business owners, and municipalities around installing battery systems. Increased adoption of energy storage systems will shave peak demand and reduce grid stress. By enabling rules around storage, this will encourage more adoption.
HB1290
House · 2026 sessionDemocraticKilled in HouseCustomer energy storage rules
AIRequires the department of energy to adopt rules on installation and use of customer energy storage systems and allows the public utilities commission to approve tariffs and issue orders consistent with, or absent, such rules.
relative to customer energy storage.
Status
Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 5, 2026- ✓Introduced
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61 submissionsI strongly support this bill. This bill helps to protect the energy grid, especially during times of peak demand.
I support this plan to adopt rules for energy storage systems. Planning for this kind of infrastructure is sensible and forward-looking. I urge an OTP vote on this bill.
I support this bill for the sake of NH voters.
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This bill will provide clear guidelines for homeowners, business owners, and municipalities around installing battery systems. Increased adoption of energy storage systems will shave peak demand and reduce grid stress. By enabling rules around storage, this will encourage more adoption.
The NHDOE should be able to adopt rules for installing and interconnecting customer energy storage systems such as batteries to the grid and gives the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) authority to approve related tariffs. It overlaps substantially with another bill we’re supporting this session, HB1718-FN.
Customer-owned energy storage strengthens resilience and affordability, but only if consumers retain control and fair compensation
As a member of the NH Audubon Conservation Committee I encourage you to support this bill. Having the Energy Department establish consistent rules clarifying energy storage is a positive for NH. As more alternative energy comes on line it is important the quality standards are met for the for public safety and for the environment. Please support this bill.
This bill requires an electric utility to move a customer-generator back to default service if the customer-generator was enrolled in a third-party electricity supply program without explicit consent. It also requires the utility to retroactively apply net metering credits for up to 6 months for any exported kWh that were not credited because of the inadvertent enrollment. This would protect customer-generators from administrative mistakes by the utilities.
I support enabling rules around storage, this encourages renewables adoption.
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