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This bill modifies New Hampshire's net energy metering and community solar project regulations by making several key changes. It increases the capacity threshold for single net meters from 100 to 500 kilowatts, allowing larger solar installations to use simpler metering. The bill expands the definition of "political subdivision" to include nonprofit educational institutions and public housing authorities, which can now participate in community solar projects. It allows customer-generators to be group members in multiple solar projects, as long as their combined allocated load doesn't exceed their total electricity usage. For low-moderate income community solar projects, the bill now defines these as solar arrays up to 3 megawatts that benefit at least 5 residential customers, with a majority of participants being at or below 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines or 80 percent of Area Median Income. The legislation also adjusts compensation rules to ensure that net metering tariffs do not exceed the total electricity costs of group members, and it requires the Department of Energy to authorize at least two new low-moderate income community solar projects annually in each utility's service territory. These changes aim to make community solar more accessible, flexible, and beneficial to lower-income households while providing clearer guidelines for solar project development and net metering practices.

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