New Hampshire
Governor
Kelly Ayotte (Republican)
House Party
Republican Majority
Senate Party
Republican Majority
16
46
Northeast
Progress by Policy Area
- Enacted Enacted policies have been passed or established in a state by a governing body via legislation, executive orders, rules, regulations, and/or other program creation, and remain in effect.
- In-progress In progress policies have been established in a state, but final regulations, rules, or plans are pending final approval. This also includes legislation and executive orders that require regulations to be put into effect.
- Partially Enacted Partially enacted policies have been enacted in the state, but are missing one or more policy components. Dashboard policies cannot be considered partially enacted unless policy components are available.
- Not Enacted Not enacted policies have not been passed or established in the state or are no longer in effect.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections in New Hampshire
Climate Policies in New Hampshire
| Status | Policy | Policy Area | Policy Category | Year Enacted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Codes | 2022 | ||
Empty column | The statewide energy code for residential construction is 2018 IECC. | Establishing Policies
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| Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Codes | 2022 | ||
Empty column | The statewide energy code for commercial building construction is 2018 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2016. | Establishing Policies
| |||
| Not Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Codes | |||
Empty column | Stretch building energy codes are an optional, more stringent building code established by the state that local jurisdictions can adopt to require that newly constructed buildings are more efficient than the baseline state codes. | ||||
| Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Standards | 2008 | ||
Empty column | The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards apply to 3 products. | Establishing Policies
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| Not Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Standards | |||
Empty column | Building performance standards establish energy and/or greenhouse gas performance targets for existing buildings in a state. These targets increase in stringency over time, leading to efficiency improvements in buildings to conserve energy and reduce emissions. | ||||
| Not Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Standards | |||
Empty column | Clean heat standards establish a performance standard requiring heat providers to deliver a gradually-increasing percentage of low-emission heating services to customers. | ||||
| Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Efficiency | 2023 | ||
Empty column | Electric utilities are required to achieve energy savings equivalent to 2.84% of 2022 delivery sales for 2024-2026. Gas utilities are required to achieve energy savings equivalent to 2.04% of 2022 delivery sales for 2024-2026. | Establishing Policies
| |||
| Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Efficiency | 2015 | ||
Empty column | New Hampshire has enacted residential and commercial PACE-enabling legislation and has active programs. | Establishing Policies
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| Partially Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Efficiency | |||
Empty column | The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. | Establishing Policies
| Policy Components
3/4
| ||
| Not Enacted |
Buildings and Efficiency
|
Building Electrification | |||
Empty column | All-electric buildings policies require new buildings to be constructed with all-electric heating, cooling, and cooking systems to transition away from fossil-fuel use in buildings. | ||||