---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to net energy metering by low-moderate income community solar projects."
description: "relative to net energy metering by low-moderate income community solar projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 165 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f03fe91e-e8eb-47d2-a556-caefb577f670"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1079&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "6d5a941c4066f3e9b11911cb7d604d8c5f09f45bb3c1cc2c8271bac3ff170523"
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 165 (2019) — relative to net energy metering by low-moderate income community solar projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1827h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1827h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **229–113** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Howard M. Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Walker Oxenham — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — 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`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing: 03/12/2019, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 13
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1169s, 03/28/2019; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment # 2019-1169s, AA, VV; 03/28/2019; SJ 11
- **2019-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1169s, 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 01:00 pm LOB 304
- **2019-05-01** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 304
- **2019-05-08** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1827h for 05/23/2019 (Vote 12-7; RC) HC 25 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-05-23** Amendment # 2019-1827h: AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 46
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1827h: MA RC 229-113 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 46 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Fuller Clark Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-24** Signed by the Governor on 07/19/2019; Chapter 271; Effective 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f03fe91e-e8eb-47d2-a556-caefb577f670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).