relative to utility ownership of natural gas and nuclear power generation facilities.

The cumulative nameplate capacity limit (10 percent of total distribution peak load) for natural gas and nuclear generation was changed from applying 'under this section' to 'under this chapter,' broadening its applicability across the entire RSA 374-G chapter rather than just one section.

The public interest determination requirement was changed from applying 'under this section' to 'under this chapter,' meaning the balanced consideration of factors now applies more broadly across the chapter.

Minor grammatical fix: 'public utility' corrected to 'public utilities' (plural) in the repeal provision, and 'nameplate' changed to 'name plate.'

Hydrogen and battery storage were added as technologies eligible for utility investment under RSA 374-G, expanding beyond just natural gas and nuclear.

The trigger for investment changed from when renewable resources are 'not available' to when they are 'not sufficient,' broadening the circumstances under which utilities may invest in these technologies.

Rate recovery language changed from 'shall be eligible' to 'may be eligible,' shifting from a mandatory right to a discretionary determination by the commission. This gives regulators more control over whether utilities can pass costs through to ratepayers.

A new 5-megawatt cap was added: no individual generation unit that a utility invests in or owns under this section may exceed 5 MW in size. This limits the scale of any single project a utility can pursue.

The legislative findings now credit only nuclear technology (not natural gas) with providing reactive power, ensuring grid stability, and supporting voltage regulation. Natural gas was removed from this specific justification.

Two instances of 'distributed energy resources' were changed to 'renewable distributed energy resources,' narrowing the category being referenced in both the preamble and the rate filing section.

Section I now explicitly states utilities may invest in generation resources 'as whole generation units, or as part of a generation unit,' clarifying that partial-unit investments are permitted.