I. No earlier than July 1 and no later than July 15 of each year, each provider of electricity shall submit a report to the department of energy, in a form approved by the department of energy, documenting its compliance with the requirements of this chapter for the prior year. The department of energy may investigate compliance and collect any information necessary to verify and audit the information provided to the department of energy by providers of electricity.
II. The department of energy shall adopt rules governing the reporting requirements under paragraph I that are designed to minimize the administrative costs and burden on electricity providers.
III. Beginning October 1, 2019 and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department of energy shall disclose the information collected under paragraph I as public information in the department of energy annual report pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 362-F:10, IV. No information shall be disclosed to the public that is confidential as defined by department of energy or NEPOOL Generation Information System rules.
IV. The department of energy shall provide as part of the annual renewable energy fund report, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 362-F:10, IV, renewable portfolio standard compliance costs and average electric rate impact; renewable energy certificate versus alternative compliance payments comparison; and alternative compliance payments by class and provider of electricity. The report shall also include the number of renewable energy certificates that were purchased during the prior compliance year by class.
V. The department of energy shall complete the rulemaking process and submit requests to the administrator of the NEPOOL Generation Information System that are necessary to implement this section no later than April 1, 2019.