Historical RPS Obligation Changes

The table below conveys the percentage of annual load that electricity providers are required to purchase in RECs or ACPs from each RPS class.

The table below conveys the percentage of annual load that electricity providers are required to purchase in RECs or ACPs from each RPS class. Changes to the initial statute, 362-F, occurred due to the legislative amendments and PUC orders, which are described in detail after the table.

This table presents a grid image of the New Hampshire Renewable Portfolio Standard(RPS) obligations by RPS Class. The table lists in each row the obligations from 2008 to 2025 and thereafter, based on RSA 362-F and subsequent Commission Orders listed below the table. These obligations are listed down each row by year for each column which displays the obligation in that year for each Class as well as the total RPS requirement. The Columns from right to left are, the year, the total RPS requirement, Class I non-thermal, Class I thermal, total Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class IV.

 

The following changes have been made to RPS obligations following the initial legislation:

2024

Department of Energy Orders 2024

Order Setting 2023 Class III Obligation

March 5, 2024

The Department changed the Class III obligations in 2023

2023

Department of Energy Orders 2023

Order RPS 2023-01 Adjusting 2022 Class III Obligation

April 11, 2023

The Department changed the Class III obligations in 2022

2022

Department of Energy Orders 2022

Order Adjusting 2021 Class III Obligation
March 31, 2022
The Department changed the Class III obligations in 2021

2021

Commission Orders 2021

Order No. 26,472 under Docket No. DE 21-037
April 20, 2021
The Commission changed the Class III obligations in 2020

2017

Legislative Changes 2017

SB129 (2017) changed Class I Thermal obligations. It also changed Class II obligations.

Commission Orders 2017

Order No. 25,978 under Docket No. 16-850
January 17, 2017: the Commission changed the 2016 Class I Thermal obligations.

2015

Legislative Changes 2015

No legislative changes to RPS obligations in 2015.

Commission Orders 2015

Order No. 25,844 under Docket No. 15-477
December 2, 2015
The Commission changed the Class III obligations in 2016.

Order No. 26,768 under Docket No. DE 15-035
March 13, 2015
The Commission changed the Class III obligations in 2014 and 2015.

2014

Legislative Changes 2014

No legislative changes to RPS obligations in 2014.

Commission Orders 2014

Order No. 25,674 under Docket No. DE 14-104
Issued June 3, 2014.
The Commission changed the Class III obligation in 2013.

2013

Legislative Changes 2013

SB148 (2013)/ HB542 (2013) changed the total Class I requirement in 2013, changed the Class I Thermal requirement in 2013-2023, and changed the Class III requirement in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Commission Orders 2013

Order No. 25,484 under Docket No. DE 13-021
Issued April 4, 2013
The Commission changed the Class III obligations in 2012 and 2013 and the Class I and Class I Thermal obligations in 2013.