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HB 1775

Died in House committee

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

Introduced 2025-12-17Last action 2026-07-20 — Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 334; eff. 09/13/2026Committee Energy and Natural Resources

Sponsor

JD BernardyR

Cosponsors

Douglas W. Thomas(R)Kevin A. Avard(R)
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Died in House committee
The 2026 Regular Session ended on 2026-06-30. This bill was introduced when the session adjourned and did not advance to enactment.

Legislative Progress

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Introduced
2
In Committee
3
Passed Chamber
4
Enacted / Signed

Votes

House2026-03-26PassedSee how each member voted →
OTP
Yea 198 · 8 D · 190 RNay 153 · 153 DNV 16 · Absent 26
House2026-02-19PassedSee how each member voted →
OTPA
Yea 191 · 8 D · 183 RNay 149 · 148 D · 1 RNV 20 · Absent 33

Summary

This bill expands New Hampshire's energy policy to allow electric utilities to directly own or invest in natural gas, hydrogen, and nuclear power generation facilities—in addition to renewable energy resources—to improve grid reliability and ensure consistent power supply. Utilities can invest in these resources up to 10 percent of their peak load capacity, with individual generation units capped at 5 megawatts, and they can seek to recover their investment costs through customer rates if approved by the Public Utilities Commission as being in the public interest. The bill removes previous restrictions that limited utility ownership of generation equipment, potentially allowing utilities to play a larger role in energy production while giving regulators authority to evaluate whether such investments benefit ratepayers.

Bill history

  1. 2025-12-17 · House
    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy House Journal 1 P. 35
  2. 2026-01-29 · House
    Public Hearing: 02/02/2026 09:30 am GP 229
  3. 2026-02-05 · House
    Executive Session: 02/09/2026 03:00 pm GP 229
  4. 2026-02-11 · House
    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0594h 02/09/2026 (Vote 11-6; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 7 P. 39
  5. 2026-02-11 · House
    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  6. 2026-02-19 · House
    Amendment # 2026-0594h: Amendment Adopted DV 178-145 02/19/2026 House Journal 5 P. 103
  7. 2026-02-19 · House
    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0594h: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 191-149 02/19/2026 House Journal 5 P. 104
  8. 2026-02-19 · House
    Referred to Finance 02/19/2026 House Journal 5 P. 106
  9. 2026-02-24 · House
    Division I Work Session: 03/09/2026 10:00 am GP 230
  10. 2026-03-13 · House
    Executive Session: 03/17/2026 10:00 am GP 230
  11. 2026-03-19 · House
    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/17/2026 (Vote 15-10; Regular Calendar)
  12. 2026-03-19 · House
    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  13. 2026-03-26 · House
    Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 198-153 03/26/2026 House Journal 9 P. 37
  14. 2026-03-30 · Senate
    Introduced 03/26/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Journal 7
  15. 2026-04-08 · Senate
    Hearing: 04/14/2026, Room 103, State House, 09:00 am; Senate Calendar 14
  16. 2026-04-29 · Senate
    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1705s, 05/07/2026; Vote 4-0; Consent Calendar; Senate Calendar 17
  17. 2026-05-05 · Senate
    Committee Amendment # 2026-1705s, Amendment Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11
  18. 2026-05-05 · Senate
    Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1705s, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11
  19. 2026-05-12 · Senate
    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/14/2026; Vote 7-0; Consent Calendar; Senate Calendar 18A
  20. 2026-05-13 · Senate
    Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; OT3rdg; 05/14/2026; Senate Journal 12
  21. 2026-05-19 · House
    House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1705s (Reps. Vose, Weyler): Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/14/2026 House Journal 13 P. 150
  22. 2026-05-19 · House
    Speaker Appoints: Reps. Vose, Bernardy, D. Thomas, Notter 05/14/2026 House Journal 13 P. 150
  23. 2026-05-20 · Senate
    Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; (In recess 05/14/2026); Senate Journal 13
  24. 2026-05-20 · Senate
    President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Watters; (In Recess 05/14/2026); Senate Journal 13
  25. 2026-05-26 · House
    Conference Committee Meeting: 05/26/2026 10:00 am GP 228
  26. 2026-05-28 · Senate
    Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2026-2067c; 06/04/2026
  27. 2026-05-29 · Senate
    Conference Committee Report # 2026-2067c, Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/04/2026; Senate Journal 14
  28. 2026-06-04 · House
    Removed from Consent (Reps. Granger, Harrington, Kaczynski, Tom Mannion, Drew, Mehegan, Popovici-Muller, Ploszaj, Farrington, DeRoy) 06/04/2026 House Journal 14 P. 12
  29. 2026-06-04 · House
    Conference Committee Report 2026-2067c: Adopted, DV 306-46 06/04/2026 House Journal 15 P. 21
  30. 2026-06-23 · Senate
    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2193e Adopted, Voice Vote, (In recess of 06/04/2026); Senate Journal 14
  31. 2026-06-23 · House
    Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2193e: Amendment Adopted Voice Vote (in recess of) 06/04/2026 House Journal 15 P. 56
  32. 2026-07-06 · House
    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 House Journal 15 P. 56
  33. 2026-07-06 · Senate
    Enrolled Adopted, Voice Vote, (In recess 06/04/2026); Senate Journal 15
  34. 2026-07-20 · House
    Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026; Chapter 334; eff. 09/13/2026

Note

Historical import. Session: 2026

Full Bill Text
https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2026&txtFormat=html&v=SA&id=1908
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