---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to competitive electricity supplier requirements under net energy metering."
description: "relative to competitive electricity supplier requirements under net energy metering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 166 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28249e89-fab6-4e77-b55a-27853b73b631"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1080&sy=2020&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2020"
source_hash: "227c2dfcc4b4927fe8409177c63427a8d20690d2e8a2fadfb1917e09b3e590cd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 166 (2020) — relative to competitive electricity supplier requirements under net energy metering.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2019-2785h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2019-2785h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Concur — **15–9** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **203–131** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John E. Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Walker Oxenham — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Troy E. Merner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing: 03/19/2019, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1173s, 03/28/2019; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment # 2019-1173s, AA, VV; 03/28/2019; SJ 11
- **2019-03-28** Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment # 2019-1345s, AA, VV; 03/28/2019; SJ 11
- **2019-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2019-1173s and 2019-1345s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/28/2019; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 11 P. 73 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Public Hearing: 04/24/2019 02:00 pm LOB 304
- **2019-05-01** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 304
- **2019-05-08** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/15/2019 10:30 am LOB 304
- **2019-05-22** Retained in Committee
- **2019-06-10** Full Committee Work Session: 06/10/2019 11:00 am LOB 304
- **2019-08-12** Subcommittee Work Session: 09/24/2019 10:00 am LOB 304
- **2019-09-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/09/2019 01:00 pm LOB 304
- **2019-10-09** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/15/2019 10:00 am LOB 303
- **2019-10-21** Executive Session: 11/06/2019 01:00 pm LOB 304
- **2019-11-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2785h (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 50 P. 30 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2020-01-09** Amendment # 2019-2785h: AA VV 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 48
- **2020-01-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2785h: MA RC 203-131 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 48 `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Sen. Fuller Clark Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 15Y-9N, MA; 06/29/2020; SJ 9
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/29/2020); SJ 9
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 71
- **2020-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/17/2020; Chapter 0021; Effective 09/15/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28249e89-fab6-4e77-b55a-27853b73b631`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).