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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| NH Interconnection Standards | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Interconnection |
| Eligible States | NH |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | Biogas, Biomass, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel |
| Eligible Project Size | 2 |
| Number of Awards | |
| Size of Award | Eligible Technologies: Solar Thermal Electric, Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Electric, Small Hydroelectric, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Biodiesel, Other Distributed Generation Technologies. Size Limitations: 100 kW; 1.0 percent of utility's annual peak demand External Disconnect Requirements: Required for systems larger than 10 kW Insurance Requirements: No |
| Start Date | 1/12/2001 |
| End Date |
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| Additional Information |
All electric utilities in New Hampshire are required to provide, upon request, net metering to customers who generate electricity using renewable-energy systems with a maximum capacity of 100 kilowatts (kW). The aggregate limit on net-metered systems is 1.0 percent of each utility's annual peak load. The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) originally established interconnection rules for net-metered systems in January 2001. Applicants for net metering must submit a standard interconnection application to the utility. Net-metered systems must comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, and with national safety and equipment standards as set forth by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the National Electrical Code and Underwriters Laboratories (UL). New Hampshire's rules also include safety and power-quality requirements for systems that do not use inverters. Systems 10 kW or less are not required to have an external disconnect device. However, the customer-generator assumes all risks and consequences associated with the absence of a switch, and a warning label must be posted near the service meter. For systems greater than 10 kW, and for systems metered utilizing instrument transformers, an external disconnect switch must be installed at the customer's expense. Before final approval and interconnection to the grid, a customer-generator must conduct a load-break test to confirm that the anti-islanding controls are functioning. Utilities may not require customer-generators to perform additional tests, pay for additional interconnection-related charges, or purchase property insurance and/or comprehensive personal liability insurance. Customer-generators and utilities enter into a mutual-indemnity agreement unless both sides agree to another arrangement. Legislation enacted in 2011 (H.B. 381) includes combined heat and power as eligible for net metering. Certain efficiencies must be met. A combined heat and power system of at least 1 kW but less than 30 kW must have a fuel system efficiency of at least 80 percent. A system greater than 30 kW but less than 1 MW (the state net metering limit) must have a fuel system efficiency of at least 65 percent. In addition, combined heat and power net metered systems can only contribute up to 2 MW under the aggregate capacity limit of 50 MW. |
| Web Site |
http://www.puc.state.nh.us/Regulatory/Rules/puc900.pdf  |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=NH04R&state=NH&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 |
| Primary Contact |
Tom Frantz 21 South Fruit Street Suite 10 Concord, NH 03301 U.S.A. Tom Frantz (tom.frantz@puc.nh.gov) (603) 271-2431 (603) 271-3878 |