HB189: (New Title) relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.

CHAPTER 169

HB 189 - FINAL VERSION

6Feb2025... 0105h

05/15/2025 2140s

2025 SESSION

25-0184

06/02

HOUSE BILL 189

AN ACT relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.

SPONSORS: Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 35; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Lang, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Defines "clean energy" to mean small-scale nuclear and renewable energy and makes it part of the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy.

II. Removes reference to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Feb2025... 0105h

05/15/2025 2140s 25-0184

06/02

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.

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

169:1 New Section; Statutory Construction; Clean Energy. Amend RSA 21 by inserting after section 54 the following new section:

21:55 Clean Energy. "Clean energy" means minimal to no greenhouse gas emitting sources, including nuclear and other renewable sources. 

169:2 Department of Energy; State Energy Strategy. Amend RSA 12-P:7-a, I(c) to read as follows:

(c) [Renewable energy] Clean energy and fuel diversity.

169:3 Department of Energy; State Energy Strategy. Amend RSA 12-P:7-a, III to read as follows:

III. The strategy development process shall include review and consideration of relevant studies and plans, including but not limited to those developed by the independent system operator of New England (ISO-NE), the public utilities commission, [the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board,] legislative study committees and commissions, and other state and regional organizations as appropriate. The strategy shall also include consideration of new technologies and their potential impact on the state's energy future. 

169:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 15, 2025

Effective Date: September 13, 2025