New Hampshire § 362-A:3 Purchase of Output of Limited Electrical Energy Producers by Public Utilities

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 362-A:3 — Purchase of Output of Limited Electrical Energy Producers by Public Utilities

New Hampshire § 362-A:3

Title XXXIVPUBLIC UTILITIES

Ch. 362-ALIMITED ELECTRICAL ENERGY PRODUCERS ACT

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 362-A:3 (2026).

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I. The entire output of electric energy of such limited electrical energy producers, if offered for sale to the electric utility, shall be purchased by the electric public utility which serves the franchise area in which the installations of such producers are located. II. No purchases and related transactions involving qualifying facilities shall take place under RSA 362-A:3 or RSA 362-A:4 in any location where retail electric competition is certified to exist pursuant to RSA 38:36, unless such purchase or related transaction is pursuant to:

(a)Commission orders or agreements providing for qualifying facility power sales existing prior to such certification;

(b)Negotiated qualifying facility power purchase contracts existing prior to such certification; or

(c)Commission orders or agree

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I. The entire output of electric energy of such limited electrical energy producers, if offered for sale to the electric utility, shall be purchased by the electric public utility which serves the franchise area in which the installations of such producers are located.
II. No purchases and related transactions involving qualifying facilities shall take place under RSA 362-A:3 or RSA 362-A:4 in any location where retail electric competition is certified to exist pursuant to RSA 38:36, unless such purchase or related transaction is pursuant to:
(a) Commission orders or agreements providing for qualifying facility power sales existing prior to such certification;
(b) Negotiated qualifying facility power purchase contracts existing prior to such certification; or
(c) Commission orders or agreements resulting from the renegotiation of orders, agreements, or contracts referenced in subparagraphs (a) and (b).