This bill mandates that the Department of Energy initiate a rulemaking process to establish uniform procedures for distributed energy resources (DERs) seeking to connect to the electrical grid in New Hampshire. These procedures are aimed at customer generators that are not governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Department is required to start this process within 60 days of the bill's effective date and must provide biannual status updates to the chairpersons of the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee until the rules are adopted.

The draft rules to be developed should include detailed criteria for applicability and eligibility, engineering standards, review processes, timelines, cost responsibilities, information sharing, transparency, and dispute resolution, in line with national best practices such as the Interstate Renewable Energy Council's 2023 model interconnection procedures. The Department of Energy is to consider comments received during its investigatory proceeding in IP 2022-01. The rules must be submitted to the joint legislative committee on administrative rules within 15 months of the bill's effective date. Current Chapter Puc 900 regulations will remain in effect until the new rules are implemented. Any additional staff positions needed to enforce these rules must be approved by the fiscal committee of the general court. The act will become effective immediately upon its passage.