New Hampshire legislature doubles net metering cap to 100 MW

Utility Dive: New Hampshire is the latest state revising its net metering policy as utilities reach their state-mandated cap and the solar industry treads water to keep afloat.

The bill directs the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission to study new programs to support distributed solar generation after the new 100 MW cap is reached. The bill's passage came the same day as the passage of Massachusetts' much-contested net metering bill, which increases the state's net metering cap by 3%. Even so, the Massachusetts bill reduces the retail rate credit for commerical and community solar projects to the wholesale rate after the 1,600 MW solar cap is reached.

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