HB761

One of the biggest barriers to development of alternative energy sources is the inability to use it when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. Supported energy storage systems would allow customers to store energy when supply is high and then use it at need, such as at night or during storms and extreme weather. This would be more energy efficient and encourage more customers and polities to develop alternative energy sources and decrease reliance on fossil fuels and other consumables. It would also add to the security of communities when they are not reliant on energy generated elsewhere on the grid and are self-sufficient.

Dear Chairperson and Members of the House Science, Technology & Energy Committee, My name is Nicholas Gosling, and I am a resident of Bristol, New Hampshire. I am writing in strong support of HB 761, which will provide clear rules for customer energy storage, ensuring that residents and businesses can take full advantage of cost-saving and resilience-enhancing technologies. Right now, outdated regulations make it difficult for homeowners, businesses, and municipalities to integrate energy storage solutions. HB 761 fixes this by streamlining rules and empowering the Public Utilities Commission to approve tariffs that support fair compensation for stored energy. This bill will: - **Increase consumer choice** by enabling more flexibility in energy management. - **Enhance grid reliability** by allowing stored power to be used during peak demand times. - **Lower costs** by reducing reliance on expensive peak-time electricity. HB 761 is a common-sense step toward a more resilient and competitive energy market. I urge the committee to support this bill and vote **Ought to Pass**. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Nicholas Gosling Bristol, NH nicholas.gosling@gmail.com

I support this bill for the following reasons: This bill helps balance supply and demand, improves grid stability, and reduces the need for fossil-fuel-based backup power like generators. Also, I believe encouraging battery storage is good for New Hampshire residents during grid disruptions where winter storms and extreme weather events lead to power outages.

For an elected position, voters should decide.

Particularly important to enable liberty of home-owners to make their own choices about energy. Enhances individual freedom.

I support this bill because net metering makes excellent financial sense all around and energy storage is critical. Please do the right thing here and pass this bill. Thank you.

Dear Members of NH House Science, Technology & Energy Committee, I am writing to express my strong support for bill HB 761. The bill seeks to streamline regulatory processes for distributed storage and includes an important clarification that the PUC has authority to integrate storage into net metering programs. Currently, New Hampshire lacks clear regulatory guidelines for customer energy storage, creating uncertainty for: * Homeowners (like us) and businesses seeking to install distributed storage. * Municipalities looking to integrate local energy storage into Community Power programs and support resilience. * The competitive energy market, which relies on transparent, predictable rules and tariffs for fair market participation. Without standardized rules, deployment of energy storage remains slow, preventing consumers from accessing lower energy costs and increased resilience against outages. Bill HB761 empowers consumers. By giving regulatory clarity on rules for storage, homeowners and businesses can optimize energy storage investments. It also enhances Grid Resilience, because it supports distributed storage to improve reliability and grid efficiency. In addition, the bill encourages market competition by establishing rules for storage will support storage innovations offered to customers on a voluntary and competitive basis. Finally, the bill facilitates renewable energy growth by allowing storage to integrate with solar and other renewables, maximizing customer benefits. Thank you for your time and your attention to this matter! Sincerely yours, Annette Dey, P.E. Resident of Walpole, NH

By making it clear that the Public Utilities Commission can allow energy storage systems, such as batteries, to receive net metering compensation, the bill would make it clear that including storage in a future regulatory proceeding would be allowable. Consumers can then store excess energy generated during the day when supply is high, and use it at night or during peak demand periods. This storage ability would better balance supply and demand, improves grid stability, and would reduce the need for fossil-fuel-based backup power like generators. These back-up generators often burn the worst fuel options and are expensive. Allowing battery storage is also good for New Hampshire residents during grid disruptions where winter storms and extreme weather events lead to power outages.

I support this bill because I believe that distributed energy storage allows for lower cost power, greater independence, and increased resilience. Battery storage is the future!

This would enable consumers to store excess energy generated during the day when supply is high, and use it at night or during peak demand periods. This helps balance supply and demand, improves grid stability, and reduces the need for fossil-fuel-based backup power like generators. Encouraging battery storage is also good for New Hampshire residents during grid disruptions where winter storms and extreme weather events lead to power outages.

This bill will allow for people with solar panels and battery storage to sell power from their batteries back to the grid. This will help even out energy supply from renewable sources and encourage more people to invest in solar and battery storage. Please support this bill. Thank you!

This bill will enable people with solar panels and battery storage to sell power from their batteries back to the grid. This will help even out energy supply from renewable sources and encourage more people to invest in solar and battery storage. Please support this bill. Thank you.

Encourages people to have solar setups

Customer Energy Storage is the key to optimizing the efficiency of a homeowner's Solar Array. Currently we have a large solar array but no way to store the excess energy generated during the day to use during the night. Making energy storage affordable would help reduce the demand on the electrical grid during nights and cloudy days!

Please support this bill to revise the definition of grid modernization to add 'cost effective measures'.

Please vote in favor of HB 755, HB 759, and HB 761, each of which is a component of the NH Energy Forward Act. Renewable energy, energy storage, and local energy projects will not just lower costs for municipalities and their ratepayers, they will also make NH more resilient, sustainable, and energy independent--and they will foster innovation. Please also vote to pass HB 760 to protect the integrity of our state's competitive energy market--ensuring that policies do not unfairly disadvantage the Community Power programs that are helping a growing number of NH ratepayers gain greater control over their energy costs and greater resilience against energy market spikes. In some case, these programs also establish reserve funds that will support community-based renewable energy projects and/or manage risk for ratepayers. Thank you.

Dear Members of the House Science, Technology, & Energy Committee, I am writing to express my strong support for HB 761, which establishes clear rules for customer energy storage systems and ensures that energy storage can be included in net metering policies. As a resident of Kensington who has fully electrified my home and vehicles, I see firsthand the critical role energy storage plays in managing electricity costs and improving grid resilience. Energy storage allows homeowners and businesses to store excess solar energy, reducing strain on the grid and lowering electricity bills. With rising electricity costs in New Hampshire, ensuring that customers have the right to install and use energy storage will help make energy independence more accessible and affordable. Furthermore, integrating storage into net metering will enhance the financial viability of solar investments, encouraging more residents and businesses to adopt clean energy solutions. By passing HB 761, the Legislature can support policies that give consumers more control over their energy use, reduce peak demand on the grid, and promote a more stable and cost-effective energy system. I urge you to vote in favor of this bill. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Zeke Schmois Kensington, NH

Dear Science, Technology, and Energy Committee Members. I would like to express my support for HB 761 which would help folks store excess energy in batteris for use at night and peak usage times.. With our increasingly unpredictable and more severe weather, such a capability is essential. As a owner of a home solar system, I can attest to all the benefits that accrue from having such a system. Sincerely John Walsh New London, NH

We need updates to enable those with solar panels to store their energy! I strongly support this bill.

This bill will help balance supply and demand, improve grid stability, and reduce the need for fossil-fuel-based backup power like generators. Encouraging battery storage is also good for New Hampshire residents during grid disruptions where winter storms and extreme weather events lead to power outages. Please SUPPORT.

Please support this bill! Encouraging battery storage is good for New Hampshire residents during grid disruptions where winter storms and extreme weather events lead to power outages. Battery storage helps NH to be more resilient!

Please OTP HB 766 - this is a great common sense bill that will increase the stability of NH's electric system = a benefit to businesses, consumers, residents alike.

We need to update our ability to store energy as consumers. Please support this bill. Rebecca MacKenzie, Claremont, NH

Please support HB761 relative to customer energy storage. I am an engineer working on battery storage designs. I understand very well how important storage is to the resiliency of the grid and how well it pairs with other renewable sources to provide consistency and even reduce the need to add new peaker plans as they can be dispatched to reduce peak demands. Storage should be included in all renewable energy discussions and rulings, such as net metering.

This would enable consumers to store excess energy generated during the day when supply is high, and use it at night or during peak demand periods. This helps balance supply and demand, improves grid stability, and reduces the need for fossil-fuel-based backup power like generators. Encouraging battery storage is also good for New Hampshire residents during grid disruptions where winter storms and extreme weather events lead to power outages."