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Committee backs Korman bill to clarify renewable statute so methane‑to‑power counts
Summary
The House Science, Technology and Energy Committee voted unanimously to recommend HB 15‑35, a rewrite of three subparagraphs in the renewable portfolio standard that sponsors say will make clear methane from landfill gas can count for electricity as well as thermal credits. The Department of Energy remained neutral and offered drafting suggestions.
Representative Tom Korman (Grafton 15) introduced HB 15‑35 on Feb. 9, saying a punctuation inconsistency in RSA 362‑F(4) has left landfill methane projects in Lebanon and elsewhere unable to receive renewable energy credits for electricity generation. "The problem is that the wording is not clear," Korman told the committee, urging a rewrite of items b, e and g to state explicitly when a unit qualifies for electric or useful thermal energy credits.
The bill rewrites the three subparagraphs so each reads, for example, "methane gas, but for useful thermal energy the unit must begin operation after 01/01/2013,"…
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