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DOE Defers Final Decision Re: Community Power Coalition’s Assertions Regarding Net Energy Metering
The decision defers to DE 23-063 issues related to Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire’s (CPCNH‘s) assertions that Eversource: (1) “(in addition to Liberty) has not provided negative usage data from net energy metered customers”; (2) “is not allowing CPCNH to offer TOU supply rates on consolidated billing”; (3) “is not providing consolidated billing for CPAs with NEM rates”; and (4) is “required to provide TOU interval data.” Eversource, Liberty, and Unitil (Joint Utilities) filed motion to amend petition (1/28/25, implementation overview and parameters proposal). Of note, the Joint Utilities request an immediate waiver from the provision “that CPAs can utilize utility consolidated billing by providing ‘[t]he non-custom, complete schedule of electricity rates and service pricing options applicable to the customer’s class and rate structure’,” arguing that: (1) the provision “is too vague to implement as written”; and (2) though they have developed a proposal they believe to be a reasonable interpretation of the provision and is technically feasible, “it is not feasible to implement changes to this kind of billing on a billing cycle basis as required.”
As background this proceeding was initiated to consider the joint utilities’ (Eversource, Liberty, and Unitil) request for temporary rule waivers related to the implementation of community choice aggregation in New Hampshire.
Final Decision (01/29/2025)
Letter (01/28/2025)
23-063 (Opened 06/14/2023)
(DE 23-063 Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty and Until Energy Systems, Inc. – Joint Utilities’ Petition for Waiver of Certain Provisions of the Puc 2200 Rules – DOE Decision for CPT 2023-002 Relevant to DE 23-063 Docket)
