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 in-house, not subcontracted
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