Group Net Metering · Low-Moderate Income Community Solar · NH Public Utilities Commission
New Hampshire delivers community solar through Group Net Metering (RSA 362-A:9) plus a dedicated LMI community-solar adder approved by the PUC. Smaller program than the MA/NY giants - but high-quality bill credits in a deregulated market that rewards smart subscriber management.
Project cap
Up to 5 MW AC per group host
Typical savings
10–20% off subscriber supply rate (LMI carve-out)
LMI requirement
LMI Community Solar adder under PUC framework
Utilities
Eversource NH · Unitil NH · NHEC · Liberty Utilities
Program overview
New Hampshire's community solar runs through Group Net Metering, codified at RSA 362-A:9, which lets a 'group host' allocate net-metering credits across multiple subscriber accounts within the same utility territory. The PUC approved a dedicated LMI Community Solar adder that delivers a premium credit rate to qualifying low-income subscribers. New Hampshire is a deregulated electricity market - subscriber acquisition lives alongside a competitive supply landscape that rewards transparent, well-run programs.
The laws & rules
Establishes group net metering, the legal mechanism that allows a host generator to assign credits across multiple customer accounts in the same utility's service territory.
A premium per-kWh adder approved by the NH PUC for projects serving income-eligible subscribers, designed to make LMI community solar economics work in a smaller market.
Group hosts are capped at 5 MW AC. Subscribers must be in the same NH utility service territory as the host generator.
PUC rules govern disclosure forms, cancellation rights, and credit reconciliation - especially important in NH's deregulated supply market where subscribers also choose competitive electricity providers.
Utilities we deliver in
Eversource New Hampshire · Unitil · New Hampshire Electric Cooperative · Liberty Utilities (NH)
What Cannon does in New Hampshire
Site origination across southern and central NH, group-host structuring, PUC LMI adder qualification, and interconnection coordination across all four NH utilities and the co-op.
Ground-mount and rooftop EPC across NH with snow-load engineering and prevailing-wage compliance where required. Cold-climate inverter selection baked into design.
Snow + ice O&M, nor'easter response, and tariff-credit reconciliation - critical in a market where small subscriber pools magnify any month of underperformance.
LMI verification, group-host credit allocation across all four NH utility territories, and bilingual subscriber support coordinated with NH's competitive supply landscape.
Why we win New Hampshire
PUC LMI adder qualification handled by our dedicated compliance team
Snow-belt O&M experience that southern-tier EPCs can't deliver
Group-host structuring discipline - we know how to optimize credit allocation across mixed subscriber pools