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Lawmakers hear proposal to direct state DOE to study leaving ISO New England; consumer advocate and DOE weigh costs and governance
Summary
House Bill 690 would direct the New Hampshire Department of Energy to investigate the costs, benefits and feasibility of withdrawing from ISO New England or altering the state's participation in regional wholesale markets; the committee heard competing views on feasibility, costs and governance.
House Bill 690, which would direct the New Hampshire Department of Energy to investigate the costs, benefits and feasibility of withdrawing from ISO New England or otherwise changing the state's participation in regional market structures, drew a full hearing in front of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Testimony ranged from categorical opposition—citing Texas’s 2021 winter failures—to support for a study of ISO governance and cost allocation.
Representative Dr. James Summers (prime sponsor) told the committee the bill would create an investigatory docket to quantify generation, transmission and market costs and to evaluate whether New Hampshire is bearing costs from other states’ policies.…
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