---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to customer generators of electric energy."
description: "relative to customer generators of electric energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 262 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5462cb0-76bc-4a4c-900b-d9c3a426d0fb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2970&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "eaa3fde99133d3c29d3b50af0eb127088aabeefa69cab107f00a6cc760df6e40"
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 262 (2022) — relative to customer generators of electric energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1631h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1631h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Howard C. Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kat McGhee — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Hearing: 02/22/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:00 AM; SC 8
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1109s, 03/24/2022; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Committee Amendment # 2022-1109s, AA, VV; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2022-1148s, AA, VV; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2022-1109s and 2022-1148s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Introduced 03/28/2022 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/05/2022 02:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-13** Executive Session: 04/19/2022 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1631h (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1631h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1631h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-07-13** Signed by the Governor on 07/08/2022; Chapter 0328; Effective 09/06/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5462cb0-76bc-4a4c-900b-d9c3a426d0fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).