Should NH allow "off-grid electricity providers"?

This is an excellent summary of New Hampshire's HB 672, their version of "Consumer Regulated Electricity".

"You’ve likely read headlines about proposals to power data centers using “small modular rectors” (SMRs) and even a push to restart Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. HB 672, a bill in the New Hampshire Legislature, is aimed at encouraging similar developments in New Hampshire by allowing off-grid electricity providers.

Connecting a new power source to the electrical grid can be costly, complicated, and take many years to accomplish. This is where the idea of an off-grid electricity provider, as outlined in HB 672, comes in. Theoretically, a company wishing to provide power for a data center, industrial park, or other large-scale energy user could enter into a contract with their electricity-hungry customer, build an independent power generating facility, and supply power to that customer without ever connecting to the existing public power grid. Under HB 672, this power facility would not be considered a public utility, and would therefore be exempt from regulation by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC). This would make it faster and less expensive to build the infrastructure needed to power a data center.

HB 672’s prime sponsor, Rep. Michael Vose (R-Epping) refers to it as “enabling legislation” and believes the bill would encourage innovation in New Hampshire. Allowing off-grid energy providers could attract energy-intensive businesses to the Granite State—including data centers, cutting edge biotech labs, and advanced manufacturing—without burdening the existing power grid."

https://www.citizenscount.org/news/should-nh-allow-grid-electricity-providers