Renewable Portfolio Standard

The New Hampshire Renewable Portfolio Standard requires electricity providers to source a certain percentage of the energy they sell to customers, including “useful thermal energy,” from renewable sources, including biomethane, biomass, and hydrogen produced from some renewable fuels. The standard also has a carve-out for eligible Class I Thermal resources, including solar thermal, geothermal, and biomass technologies, that must be used to meet a set percentage of the total Class I RPS “Useful Thermal Energy” obligation as outlined in RSA 362-F:3. The required percentage of this thermal energy that must be produced from the eligible renewable sources reaches 2.20% in 2025.