Renewable energy fund
A 2026 compromise bill would reduce state investment in renewables by barring the renewable energy fund from supporting individual residential solar projects, capping other renewable spending at $1 million per year, and prioritizing Department of Energy administrative costs first. The change narrowed prior support for residential solar and thermal initiatives.
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Sources
New Hampshire Public Radio — https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-06-03/nh-newhampshire-politics-state-house-bills
Senate Bill 599 would bar the state’s renewable energy fund from going to fund individual residential solar initiatives, and it would limit the amount that could go to thermal and other renewable initiatives to $1 million per year. It would also require the fund be used to pay for Department of Energy administrative costs before any of the $1 million went to renewables.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Greatly expand the fund for residential solar, thermal, and other clean-energy grants
- Restore residential solar grants and raise the cap on renewable project funding
- Keep a balanced fund that covers admin costs and some renewable programs
- Limit grants, prioritize admin costs, and cap renewable spending as in SB 599
- End ratepayer-funded renewable subsidies and wind down the renewable energy fund