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DOE Published Its Final Interconnection Standards
In New Hampshire the Department of Energy (DOE) published its final adoption of the Interconnection Standards Rule.
As background and in response to a new state law (SB 391 of 2024), the New Hampshire Department of Energy opened this proceeding “to examine and assess draft rules to be adopted for the purposes of setting uniform procedures for distributed energy resources (DER) that are proposed for a customer generator’s interconnection to the electrical infrastructure of New Hampshire’s investor-owned utilities.”
Next Steps:
- Non-interconnection working group technical session #3 scheduled for 9:00 a.m. ET on 2/18/25;
- session #4 scheduled for 9:00 a.m. ET on 4/10/25.
- Interconnection working group technical Session #3 scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET on 2/20/25;
- Session #4 scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET on 4/10/25.
- Combined stakeholder meeting #2 scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET on 5/22/25.
- Preliminary draft rule set due to NHDOE by 6/10/25;
- NHDOE finalized draft rules for filing with Office of Legislative Services (OLS) expected 9/15/25.
- Submission of initial proposed rules to OLS expected 10/1/25;
- OLS publication of Form IIC in Rulemaking Register expected 10/8/25.
- Public comment hearing scheduled for 10/28/25.
- Approval of final rules expected 4/6/26.
Final Rule (01/21/2025)
2024-005 (Opened 09/24/2024)
(Rulemaking for net metering and interconnection of distributed energy resources to the infrastructure of New Hampshire’s investor-owned electric utilities.)
