relative to relative to the participation of large customer-generators in net metering and relative to energy storage in connection with net metering.

The bill's original core requirement that facilities between 1 MW and 5 MW with in-service dates after January 1, 2027 must consume at least 33% of their generation annually was completely deleted.

The bill now also covers energy storage in connection with net metering, including new definitions and rulemaking authority for the Department of Energy over installation and interconnection of customer energy storage systems.

The term 'industrial host' was renamed to 'industrial customer' and narrowed from a group of commercial, industrial, or institutional entities to a single industrial entity with one or more accounts within the same utility franchise territory.

A new provision allows energy storage (as defined in RSA 374-H:1, III) to be added to and charged solely from a generation facility without affecting the facility's size determination for net metering eligibility.

Eligibility for Order No. 26,029 alternative tariffs now requires that the customer-generator submitted an interconnection application to a distribution utility on or before December 31, 2031 and is used to offset the electricity requirements of an industrial customer.

The tariff term was changed from '20 years or through December 31, 2040, whichever is longer' to 'the longer of 20 years from first compensation or until January 1, 2040,' and new tariffs elected during the term last 20 years from the first date net metering compensation was received.

The original 60-day effective date provision was removed from the amended version.

Rulemaking authority for energy storage installation and interconnection was shifted from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Energy, while the commission retains authority over tariffs and utility compensation in adjudicated proceedings.