SEA NE Special Flash 26-4.2: Issued: January 30, 2026 

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2026 New England Legislative Tracking Spreadsheet Update 

SEA's most up to date Legislative Tracking Spreadsheet can be found here. Please feel free to contact John Keene with any questions regarding New England legislative tracking. 

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Maine

Joint EUT Committee to hold public hearing on bill establishing the AI Data Center Coordination Council, Feb. 5

On January 30, 2026, the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Technology (EUT Committee) scheduled a public hearing for February 5, 2026, at 1:00 pm in Room 211, Cross Office Building. The EUT Committee will consider LD 307 – Resolve, to Establish the Maine Artificial Intelligence Data Center Coordination Council, a recently amended concept draft. We will summarize the Bill in upcoming coverage of the hearing. 

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New Hampshire

House STE and Senate ENR Committees to hold hearings on multiple renewable energy bills, Feb. 2 through Feb. 10

Recently, multiple New Hampshire House of Representatives and Senate Committees have scheduled public hearings on renewable energy bills for February 2 through February 10, 2026. We summarize the activities, by date, below: 

Feb. 2 House Science, Technology, and Energy (STE) Public Hearing (9:00 am – 10:29 am) 

At the hearing, the House STE Committee will discuss HB 1775 – relative to utility ownership of natural gas and nuclear power generation facilities.

Feb. 2 House STE Public Hearing (1:00 pm – 4:30 pm) 

At the hearing, the House STE Committee will discuss HB 1742 – relative to the protection of customer-generators from inadvertent enrollment in third-party electricity supply programs. 

Feb 3 House STE Public Hearing (10:00 am – 2:59 pm) 

At the hearing, the House STE Committee will discuss: 

• HB 1028 – relative to the definition of renewable generation facility. 
• HB 1290 – relative to customer energy storage. 

Feb 3 House STE Executive Session (3:00 pm – 4:30 pm) 

At the Executive Session, the House STE Committee may act on the following bills: 

• HB 1721 – relative to limiting new system enrollment and adjusting compliance payments under the renewable portfolio standard program. 
• HB 1739 – relative to energy infrastructure, economic development, and workforce training for large-scale data facilities. 

Feb. 10 Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Public Hearing (9:00 am – 12:00 pm) 

At the hearing, the Senate ENR Committee will discuss SB 597 – relative to utility rate increases to inflation-adjusted thresholds and performance incentive metrics for utilities. 

We will summarize these bills in upcoming coverage of the hearing. 

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