# New Hampshire HB710: (New Title) enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.

New Hampshire HB710, (New Title) enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-07-08 (Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire HB710
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: (New Title) enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2025-07-08, Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 8
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Donald S McFarlane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: JD Bernardy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeanine M Notter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Keith Michael Ammon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Timothy Lang (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lex Berezhny (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate
- Cosponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (23)

- 2025-07-08: Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17 (House)
- 2025-06-19: Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 16 (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 10:30 am LOB 206-208 (House)
- 2025-06-12: Conferee Change; Senator McConkey Replaces Senator Avard; SJ 17 (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Watters; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 (Senate)
- 2025-06-03: Speaker Appoints: Reps. Vose, Harrington, Bernardy, McGhee 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53 (House)
- 2025-06-03: House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2329s and Requests CofC (Rep. S. Smith): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53 (House)
- 2025-05-22: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2329s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: Sen. Rosenwald Floor Amendment # 2025-2257s, AF, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2025-2329s, AA, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: Committee Amendment # 2025-2163s, AF, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2163s, 05/22/2025, Vote 4-1; SC 22 (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 15 (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0716h: MA DV 259-85 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 89 (House)
- 2025-03-20: Amendment # 2025-0716h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 88 (House)
- 2025-03-10: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (House)
- 2025-03-10: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0716h 03/04/2025 (Vote 14-3; RC) (House)
- 2025-02-25: Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 10:30 am LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-02-07: Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-01-22: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 24 (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7366)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7366)

## Related
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- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB710-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).
