The department of energy shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, to:

1. I. Administer the electric renewable portfolio standard program including the development of an alternative to the regional generation information system to the extent necessary.
2. II. Ascertain, monitor, and enforce compliance with the program to the extent not addressed in the department's rules.
3. III. Include within the program electric production not tracked by ISO-New England from eligible customer-sited sources.
4. IV. Administer the renewable energy fund and make expenditures from the fund.
5. V. Establish procedures for the classification of existing or proposed generation facilities, including a provision for a preliminary designation option, and to verify the completion of capital investments required of certain class I resources.

6. VI. Define when a repowered generation unit qualifies as a new class I source under RSA 362-F:4.

   VI-a. Adopt procedures for the metering, verification, and reporting of useful thermal energy output.

   VI-b. Establish procedures for the metering, verification, and reporting of useful thermal energy output for producers of biodiesel no later than December 31, 2017.

7. VII. Otherwise discharge the responsibilities delegated to the department of energy under this chapter.
8. VIII. The department may adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, to determine best management practices for qualifying renewable energy technologies producing useful thermal energy.

Source. 2007, 26:2, eff. July 10, 2007. 2012, 272:16, 17, eff. June 19, 2012. 2016, 122:2, eff. July 19, 2016. 2021, 91:241, eff. July 1, 2021.