New CPCNH programs for Harrisville residential and non-residential ratepayers!

New supply rates take effect 1 August 2024

In this new rates cycle, the 8.6¢ per kilowatt-hour (kWh) Granite Basic option saves residential and small commercial customers ~18% relative to Eversource supply rates. Rates for the 50% and 33% clean power options are also lower than power from Eversource. The 100% clean energy option is offered at a slightly lower rate than in the last rate cycle (Feb-July).

Mid-sized commercial customers will pay on average 49% less for energy supply through Community Power than they would with Eversource.

The CPCNH coalition is providing default energy service to more than 130,000 customers in 43 communities statewide with several dozen additional cities and towns in the process of launching programs soon — this is the purchase power we envisioned when we adopted Community Power in 2021.

Energy & Electric Aggregation Committee at Old Home Day, Saturday, 20 July

Stop in for updates and to find out what’s new —

• Community Power: Rates and Community savings at the one-year anniversary mark (April);
• 2023 Warrant Article #10, Power Generation: The Solar Power Array install on the Highway Barn;
• DOE Grant: For project, technical, and direct incentive assistance to electrify your property; and,
• Other projects, topics, and resources.

New supply rates take effect 1 February 2024

Harrisville Community Power, Nov 2023 updates

Harrisville Community Power launched end-April 2023, and as of end-September, 723 customers have enrolled and together have saved $27,000.

• If “Harrisville Community Power” is listed as your electric supplier on your Eversource bill, you are a Community Power customer. As a Community Power customer, you can save money and select how much renewable energy you want from one of four options: 100%, 50%, 33%, and 23.4%. (The default option is “Granite Basic, set at 23.4%.) To make  adjustments to your rate tier, contact Community Power Customer Service (contact information below).
• If “Eversource” is listed as your electric supplier and you want to opt in to Harrisville Community Power, contact Community Power Customer Service (listed below). You can also visit the Community Power website (also below) to process enrollment yourself. You will save on electricity supply, as at least one option will always be available for less than the Eversource default rate. You will also be able to access more renewable energy supply. For net energy metering customers, see the update below.
• If another supplier (not Harrisville Community Power, nor Eversource) is listed, this means that you opted to go with another supplier. If you wish to opt into Harrisville Community Power, we recommend that you first compare our rates with your supplier – along with the terms and early termination fees that you may have to pay to make a change. Many third-party suppliers offer low, short-term rates and then raise the rates if you continue with them after your terms expire. For help determining the best option and timing for change, contact Community Power Customer Service (listed below).

Community Power & Net Energy Metering Customers

As of mid-November 2023, Community Power programs are not able to compensate customers who generate their own electricity (solar, wind, hydro) for any excess energy generation. This is a temporary limitation as progress has been forthcoming and resolution is looking good for 2024.

Until then, there are certain cases where enrolling in Community Power is advantageous even though no compensation is possible for the power you send back to the grid. Specifically, this occurs when the savings you realize with lower energy pricing (compared to what Eversource charges) is greater than the compensation you are forgoing.

We can share a new worksheet to help you calculate two values: How much you save with the lower Community Power rate versus how much compensation you are leaving on the table. Once you know those, you can evaluate your situation and decide if it makes sense to opt in to Community Power.

To get a copy of this worksheet, please contact Committee member, Don Kilgus (eacharrisville @ gmail.com).

Community Power New Rates Effective 1 February

As a member town of the Community Power Coalition of NH, we set rates twice per year. The next cycle runs February through July 2024, for which rates will be set end-December.

Supply rates generally increase in the winter-months cycle, but note that Harrisville Community Power will continue to maintain a Granite Basic rate at or below the Eversource default rate. We will post the new rates for all four options as soon as they settle, end-December. Options and rates will also be posted on the CPCNH service website where you can change your option selection.

Community Power Customer Service, contact information

• Telephone 1-866-603-POWR
• Email info@CommunityPowerNH.gov
• Website account portal:  www.communitypowernh.gov (Select “Harrisville” from this page. At the “Harrisville” webpage, scroll down to “Electricity Supply Choices” to start or review your Community Power account.)

New supply rates take effect in August

Community Power supply rates for August 2023 – January 2024 will be as follows for residential, general service, and outdoor lighting accounts. Mid-sized commercial accounts? click here to view those rates.

Energy & Electric Aggregation Committee at Old Home Day

During Old Home Day, 1 July, visitors stopped by for updates and questions about the Town’s community power program, and whether and how to participate. We were glad to be there for the community, impressed by those who brought their electricity bills for discussion, and enjoyed the day with much appreciation for OHD organizers.

Community Power Launch & other updates

At long last, Community Power launched in May. In line with the Harrisville Community Power Plan that voters approved at Town Meeting, May 2021, we launched with electricity supply rates that are lower than Eversource. Whereas Eversource’s default rate is 20.2¢ per kWh, Harrisville Community Power’s default rate is 15.8¢ per kWh.

Also in line with our expectations for Community Power, we launched with three additional supply options beyond the default option, each with progressively more renewable energy supply. It is possible to select 100% renewable power for 19.1¢ – still less than Eversource’s default rate which only provides 23% renewable energy.

As of end-April, customers enrolled through our Community Power Coalition (CPCNH) from Enfield, Exeter, Hanover, Lebanon, Nashua, Peterborough, Plainfield, Rye, and Walpole. That is a lot of purchase power, plus Portsmouth and Canterbury customers who will launch this summer. Most Harrisville customers are signed up for Granite Basic with about 3% choosing one of the other three plans for more renewables  – up to 100% through the Clean 100 plan.

Note that if you have not and want to, you can select more renewables any time by calling Customer Support at 1-866-603-7697, or by visiting the Community Power customer website, here.

Net energy metering (NEM) in Community Power is front and center of ongoing communications between the Town and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), prompted by the frustration that customers have expressed in Harrisville and throughout other Community Power towns and cities.

In a nutshell, even though there are rules in place to do so, Eversource has not been forthcoming with information about what excess energy individual NEM customers export to the grid (excess energy being what is generated above the amount you consume). This information is needed to provide NEM customers with the value for that excess energy through Community Power. At this point, we have no idea when Eversource will provide this basic data, when we will be able to provide meaningful net metering service, and when you will be able to realize the benefit of two state mandated programs – net metering and Community Power.

You can read the full and ongoing communication that started with the Town’s complaint against  Eversource with the PUC at the PUC’s website, here. A favorable ruling by the PUC would compel Eversource to provide the requested net metering data to our benefit.

We continue to advocate directly and through CPCNH (which includes 31 other member towns and cities, plus Cheshire County), and will keep you informed.

Meantime, if you are on an NEM arrangement with Eversource and want to review the pros and cons of joining Community Power to access the supply rates, read the flyer posted at the Community Power webpage at the Town’s website or call 1-866-603-7697.

Speaking of clean energy, following Town Meeting approval to install a new power generation system for municipal operations (Warrant Article #10), the Town distributed a Request for Proposals (RFP) to nine project developers, and posted it to the NH Municipal Association’s website. A shout out from the Committee to Charles Michal for his help drafting the RFP.  Next and assuming the Town receives one or more suitable proposals to install the new system, the Select Board will select a contractor on June 22. You can view the RFP at our Town website.

Harrisville Community Power is Coming Soon

Letters noticing you about Harrisville’s Community Power program launch and providing information about the rates, the rate-and-renewable plan options, and how to participate are being delivered starting 30 March.

Included in the letter is how to Opt Up from the default service for more renewables or how to Opt Out of Community Power — either by calling 1-866-603-7697, or visiting the online site set up at communitypowernh.gov/harrisville (scroll down to the section: Electricity Supply Choices).

Your choices for electricity supply and rates are as follows:

The default plan for automatic enrollment (no action required) is
Granite Basic (23% renewable energy) offered at 15.8 cents/kWh of electricity supply

Plans providing more renewable energy supply at different rates that require an “Opt-Up” selection:

Granite Plus (33%), 16.2 cents/kWh
Clean 50 (50%), 16.9 cents/kWh
Clean 100 (100%), 19.1 cents/kWh

(Rates take effect May – July 2023, note the Eversource default rate is 20.221 cents/kWh for this period.)

Other information provided in your letter includes Automatic Enrollment and Exceptions to Automatic Enrollment for commercial customers, customers who buy power from a third-party supplier, and net metered customers.

A copy  of the presentation slides prepared for the public information meeting on Monday (3 April 2023) are available by tapping here. Additional questions discussed at the meeting will be posted soon.

Town Meeting Warrant Article #10

With the dual goals of long-term savings and generation of renewable energy, the following warrant article was presented and approved at town meeting this year.

The Warrant Article amount was based on an audit of town energy usage conducted by the Energy & Electric Aggregation Committee and technical assistance inputs by solar power companies.

Our next step will be to circulate a Request for Proposals (RFP) that the Select Board can evaluate and compare a full range of options across municipal sites to identify a local power generation system to provide optimal energy production at the best combined cost and set up.

Article 10: Local Power Generation

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $160,000 for the purpose of installing a photovoltaic system at a municipal site with $100,000 of that total to come from the Town Buildings Capital Reserve Fund, the balance of which is to come from general taxation. And further to authorize the Select Board to accept grants and rebates from State, Federal and other qualified sources as may be available and applicable to do all things necessary to carry out the purpose of this appropriation. This will be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7, VI and will not lapse until the project is complete or December 31, 2026, whichever is sooner.

Tap here to download more detail.

Harrisville Community Power is Coming Soon

On Monday, 6 March, CPCNH sent notice to the Public Utilities Commission, Department of Energy, and NH utilities (including Eversource) about our approaching start up of Community Power services start up, which will be not sooner that 45 days out, or on or after April 21, 2023 for the following CPCNH Member municipalities for which the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire serves as agent for purposes of implementing and operating their CPA programs:

1. City of Lebanon
2. City of Nashua
3. Town of Enfield
4. Town of Exeter
5. Town of Hanover
6. Town of Harrisville
7. Town of Peterborough
8. Town of Plainfield
9. Town of Rye
10. Town of Walpole

Each of these towns and cities will be launching primarily on an opt-out alternative default service provider basis. However, some groups of customers may be offered service only on an opt-in basis — particularly those that cannot be properly served by Community Power at present due to lack of Puc 2200 rule compliance by the utilities, including net energy metered and supply TOU-rate customers.

More information will be forthcoming as soon as rates and renewable mix are settled and ahead of the Community Power launch.

** You can preview the Community Power of New Hampshire/Harrisville website — which is under construction as of 3/7 — here. We will notify you as soon as it is fully functional and ready for you to access to take action, either to opt up or opt out. Again, notice to will include rates and what action you need to take or not will be forthcoming ahead of the Community Power launch.

Harrisville Community Power is Coming Soon

In March, most Harrisville residential and small commercial customers of Eversource will receive a letter announcing their access to Harrisville’s Community Power program to purchase electricity at the most competitive rates. The letter will provide rates, the rate tiers, and how to participate. The letter will be mailed before Community Power launches, and a public meeting will be scheduled and announced to answer questions and provide further information as needed.

When Community Power launches, customers will be automatically enrolled in Harrisville Community Power’s program for a lower rate in April (if not already purchasing power from another third-party broker). Customers will be automatically enrolled in the Granite Basic plan. If a customer would like to choose more renewable energy or opt out of the program, they will need to take action by going to the website that will be referenced in the letter to be mailed in March.**

Harrisville Community Power will offer four rate-and-renewable-energy options:

The Granite Basic rate will provide power with the 23.4% legal minimum renewable component, the same as Eversource Utilities provides now. Customers will be enrolled at that lowest rate unless they take action to opt for Granite Plus, with 33% renewable power, Clean 50, or Clean 100. If customers can afford to do so, choosing greener power can reduce or even eliminate coal and gas from your electric supply. We won’t know until March what the upcharge will be, but it could be just pennies per kilowatt hour. It will offer a very cost-effective way of supporting sustainability for your household or business, and for the Town as a whole. (Note that buying Clean 100 power would be the equivalent of installing solar panels for a mere fraction of the cost. For the average household, buying Clean 100 would save, in a year, about 25% of what you would save by buying an electric car, at way less cost.)

Again, whether to remain with Granite Basic, or select Granite Plus, Clean 50, or Clean 100 will be your choice.

More information will be forthcoming as soon as rates and renewable mix are settled and ahead of the Community Power launch.

** You can preview the Community Power of New Hampshire/Harrisville website — which is under construction as of 2/27 — here. We will notify you as soon as it is fully functional and ready for you to access to take action, either to opt up or opt out. Again, notice to will include rates and what action you need to take or not will be forthcoming ahead of the Community Power launch.

Community Power Launch Update

The countdown has started towards the launch of Community Power this Spring.

In preparation, the Select Board approved four modifications to the Community Power Plan at its meeting 24 February: One, to clarify its authority to designate authorized individuals to make decisions about procurement and to select the default rate product. Two, to articulate what decisions will be made at duly noticed public meetings. Three, to add BBB- or equivalent debt rating criteria that ensures any supplier serving Harrisville will be operating and transacting within ISO-NE and its Financial Assurance Policy. And four, to protect certain groups of customers until the electric distribution utilities fully implement PUC rules and procedures as in the case of providing Harrisville Community Power with the data on customer-generators necessary to offer Net Energy Metering rates and terms. View the red-lined version here.

Community Power Plan in a Nutshell

The Harrisville Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan was approved at the May 2021 Town Meeting under Article 8.

Under the Plan, the Town will buy electricity in bulk for its residents and small businesses through its affiliation with Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire.

The Plan’s immediate goal is to help ratepayers save money on their electric bills and access more energy from renewable sources. The plan is self-funding with no amount to be raised from taxation.

Each ratepayer will be able to choose from among four optional rate tiers with varying percentages of renewable energy and rates. Or, they may opt-out of the plan if desired. There will be no fee for opting in, out, or changing rate tiers at any time.

Rates and the rate tiers and how to participate will be included in a letter to Eversource customers announcing access to Harrisville’s Community Power program to purchase electricity. The letter will be mailed before Community Power launches. A public meeting will be scheduled and announced in connection with this mailing to answer questions and provide further information as needed.

PUC approves Harrisville’s Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan

On Monday, 6 February 2023, the PUC forwarded to the Town its Order No. 26,770 issued in DE 21-141 Town of Harrisville, Request for Approval of Harrisville Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan.

In other words, this is a PUC Approval of the Harrisville Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan.

The Energy and Electric Aggregation Committee will convene a meeting to process this great news and update the Launch checklist and timeline.

Community Power Launch Partner

The Energy and Electric Aggregation Committee presented its findings and recommendations for a Community Power launch in Spring 2023 to the Select Board. The Board approved the Committee’s recommendation to contract with CPCNH for Community Power on behalf of the Town, signing the Cost Sharing Agreement and Services Contract on 19 January 2023 pending PUC approval of the Town’s Community Power Plan.

Tap here to download a preview of the presentation slides.

Do not hesitate to contact the Energy and Electric Aggregation Committee with questions and observations in the meantime: eac @harrisvillenh .org

Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan submitted to and received by the PUC (DE 21-141)

The Select Board’s modified Plan has been received by the Public Utilities Commission for review and approval (9 Dec 2022). (View redline version here.)

The Plan was updated in response to the PUC’s new administrative rules, and we can expect its response within 60 days (Feb 7). PUC approval will enable the Town to go forward to launch Community Power Plan.

Do not hesitate to contact the Energy and Electric Aggregation Committee with questions and observations in the meantime: eac @harrisvillenh .org

Harrisville Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (TM-05-22-2021:12-01-22)

The Energy and Electric Aggregation Committee will present and recommend modifications to the Plan document (TM-05-22-2021:12-01-22) to the Select Board at its meeting scheduled for 7pm on 1 December 2022.

Recall that the Town submitted the Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Plan) approved at Town Meeting May 2021 to the Public Utility Commission (PUC) for review and approval.

However the PUC had not completed its administrative rulemaking at the time and rejected all Plans submitted by Harrisville, Hanover, Lebanon, and Rye. Its comment back to the towns was that Plans should be resubmitted after it issued its administrative rules and that Plans should provide more detail about how load serving entity services will be implemented and how customer data will be protected.

PUC administrative rulemaking settled in August 2022.

Modifications incorporated in the Harrisville Plan (TM-05-22-2021:12-01-22) have been added to comply with the PUC’s guidance. Specifically, Attachments

4, How Load Serving Entity Services will be Implemented; and,

7, Customer Data Protection Plan.

An additional Attachment 9 offers readers a Glossary of Terms.

Minor copyedits were made to clarify, update, and add additional resources to understand the Plan, including hyperlinks to sources of the prevailing rules and guidances cited in the document. No material changes were made to the Plan approved by the Town, and for readers’ convenience, all changes are red-lined.

After the Select Board has approved the Plan, the Town will resubmit it to the PUC for review and approval (the PUC must respond within 60 days) — PUC approval enables the Town to launch its Community Power Plan.

Do not hesitate to contact the Energy and Electric Aggregation Committee with questions and observations: eac @harrisvillenh .org

About that August 1, 2022, electricity rate hike

If you meet the new expanded income guidelines you may qualify for electric/fuel assistance: https://www.capnh.org/cap-lookup. (More tips, below.)

August 1, 2022, electricity rate hike

The situation

Harrisville adopted Community Power to take more control over electricity costs by combining household, business, and municipal accounts for greater purchase power to find the best rates (and add more renewables to the supply). That was May 2021. Today, we are still waiting for the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to settle administrative rules for Community Power. This is required before towns can launch their Community Power plans.

Once the PUC settles their rules, possibly end-July 2022, we will resubmit an amended Community Power plan as needed. From then, we estimate it will take six to eight months before the town can secure supply rates and launch our program. Optimistically, Spring 2023.

In the meantime, and as you may already know, the Eversource default rate will rise dramatically August 1. The PUC approved a six-month energy supply rate of 22.566 cents per kilowatt hour for residential customers (effective August – January).  The total kilowatt-hour cost will add up to about 32 cents – up from 19 cents: 23 cents for electricity supply plus about 9 cents to deliver it. On top of a $14 customer charge.

This will be the highest electricity rate behind Hawaii. Wow. It’s going to be a very difficult winter.

There is much to know about what led up to this situation, which in large measure is driven by the region’s dependency on methane (natural gas) and lack of diversification in energy supply. (Here’s a brief article by Bob Audette, writing for the Brattleboro Reformer, Granite State electricity rates set to skyrocket.)

Be that as it may, you have options to cope with this increase until we can launch Community Power.

You have options

Reduce electricity consumption. This approach will serve you well no matter what contract is in place for energy supply, including Community Power. Low-to-more-expensive on the checklist include:

• Switch to LED light bulbs
• Find and manage household energy drips (start in the home office or entertainment center)
• As you replace old appliances look for Energy-Star rated appliances (and NH Saves rebates)
• Insulate … the attic, the basement, the hot water pipes
• Consider an energy audit to identify energy that you may be paying for but not using

Generate your own electricity. There are a lot of possibilities and configurations worth scoping and planning to install now or to add to the list of household projects for the future.

Check out competitive suppliers. You can select another provider for electricity supply. (Eversource maintains electricity delivery.) They offer different supply rates and percentage of renewable mix They also offer different contract terms. Evaluating these offers requires being careful not to fall into a scam or fall for deceptive marking — especially now with so mych financial stress and uncertainty about the future.

As you look over providers, bear in mind that while we know what Eversource will charge for electricity supply August 1 to end-January 2023, we don’t know what that rate will be in the next six-month cycle (February – July 2023). We do know future rates could be the same, higher, or lower. Look out for fees. A plan that does not charge a cancellation fee would be ideal. Here’s more —

• How to shop for cheaper electricity in the Granite State
• A way to shop for cheaper electricity
• List of suppliers authorized to sell to Eversource customers
• PUC on what to look for in contract terms

Review income based assistance. If you are concerned about what this rate increase will do to your monthly bill, participate as fully as possible in the Home Energy Assistance (HEA) program that is part of NHSaves. Southwestern Community Services is a local point of contact for these energy assistance programs (click here to review income criteria used to determine program eligibility):

• Electric Assistance
• Fuel Assistance

Know about Eversource bill payment plans.  Finally, another option is to scope the bill payment plans that Eversource offers, one of which will smooth monthly pay amounts into equal amounts throughout the year. Again, be sure to know the payment-plan rules. Click here to view payment plans.

Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan: PUC Review Updates

February 3, 2022. The Select Board responded to the PUC to confirm receipt of the Memorandum, and indicate we will be prepared to re-submit the plan when the PUC’s rulemaking process is concluded.

January 26, 2022. The PUC issued a “Memorandum of Decision” that determined the Town’s Electric Aggregation Plan failed to meet certain statutory requirements applicable to EAPs. The decision was a result of the fact that rulemaking related to municipal and county aggregation commenced on January 5, 2022, in Docket No. DRM-21-142, and that the rulemaking “may result in additional requirements that could have substantive impacts on the Commission’s evaluation of the Harrisville Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan.” The Commission suggested that the Town re-submit the plan “when the rulemaking process is closer to completion or has concluded.” The Town of Hanover exchanged similar correspondence.

December 21, 2021. The Town  received confirmation from the PUC that it received our Community Power Plan, one of three sent to the PUC for review.

November 30, 2021, we re-transmitted the Plan.

June 4, 2021. We submitted the Town’s Electric Aggregation Plan to the PUC following our Town Meeting in May 2021 in accord with the requirements of RSA 53-E:7. Because new legislation introduced by Eversource was being considered at the time, we did not receive any response.

The PUC docket as of end-2021: Save

• Hanover: DE 21-136
• Harrisville: DE 21-141
• Lebanon: DE 21-143

Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire Incorporates, 1 Oct

CPCNH incorporators met on October 1, 2021, to adopt the corporation by-laws and conduct the inaugural regular meeting of Board of Directors of CPCNH. Harrisville will be represented on the CPCNH Board by Andrea Hodson (Director) and Andrew Maneval (Alternate). The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire is a non-profit corporation established on 10/1/21 to operate as a governmental instrumentality pursuant to a Joint Powers Agreement in accordance with NH RSA 53-A and RSA 53-E entered into by a number of NH towns, cities, and a county — 13 towns and 1 county at the time of incorporation, effective October 1, 2021. Learn more about CPCNH here.

Select Board votes to join CPCNH, May 28, 2021

Town Votes to Authorize Community Power at Town Meeting, May 22, 2021

Town Meeting Minutes

Warrant Article 08: Community Power: To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Harrisville Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan, TM-05-22-2021, which authorizes the Select Board to develop and implement Harrisville Community Power as described therein (pursuant to RSA 53-E:7). [Recommended by the Select Board. Majority vote required.]

The article was moved and seconded. Jay Jacobs spoke to the passion and dedication of Andrea Hodson and the effort and dedication of all members of the Electric Aggregation Committee to bring this plan forward. Ned Hulbert described the legislative history of the initiative and opportunity for municipalities to aggregate supply of electricity through purchase on the open market. He explained the short and longer term benefits, including cheaper rates and more options for renewable energy options, as well as the opportunity to establish a local energy reserve fund to keep rates stable and enable local investment in renewables. The Select Board would be involved throughout the process and will contract with a supplier in a way that makes the most sense for the town.

Mr. Hulbert, Andrew Maneval and technical expert Henry Herndon answered residents’ questions, including that the costs to the Town would be nothing more than the price of electricity. Participation in the plan is voluntary, with the ability for anyone to opt out at any time, and the ability of the town to terminate at any time. The committee also noted other NH towns’ efforts to embark on Community Power plans. Jay Jacobs emphasized that this is not a guarantee of lower rates but an opportunity for more choice, but the committee noted the SB will solicit bids from several vendors and won’t enter a contract unless the rates are less. While agreeing there is no guarantee, they added that, statistically, this is the case.

Several residents spoke in favor of the plan, emphasizing interest in more control, more competitive rates, more options for renewable energy sources and its fit with the Town’s Master Plan. The committee also confirmed that the infrastructure would continue to be maintained and repaired by Eversource.

Upon a call for a vote from the Moderator, Article 08 passed by voice vote.

Click here to download a copy of the Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (TM 05-22-2021). The Plan is included in the 2020 Annual Town Report. Copies are also available at Town Hall.

Town Meeting, May 22, 2021

Warrant Article #8: Harrisville Community Power: To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Harrisville Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan, TM-05-22-2021, which authorizes the Select Board to develop and implement Harrisville Community Power as described therein (pursuant to RSA 53-E:7).

Click here to download a copy of the Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan. Copies are also available at Town Hall

Feedback survey #3 aimed to find out residents’ and businesses’ needs and priorities relative to rating community power benefits

During the period leading up to Town Meeting, the Committee offered to schedule small-group information sharing meetings by request rather than scheduling a second Community Conversation. Having submitted the Warrant Article, the team took a break and did not meet after February 8 and ahead of Town Meeting

Topic 3: Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (v2.0)

Plan v2.0 has since been updated by the Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (TM 05.22.2021) brought forward to Town Meeting in May 2021

In v2.0, the Electric Aggregation Committee expanded on the benefits of Community Power, how it would be governed by the Select Board, how it would be operated and maintained by a third-party vendor(s)., and elaborated on Net Metering including an Eversource net energy metering overview

Public Hearing #2 was held Feb 4, 2021, @ 7 pm to present and discuss the Community Power Electric Aggregation plan relative to a Warrant Article for discussion and a vote at Town Meeting, Saturday, May 22, 2021

Topic 2: Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (v1.0)

Public Hearing #1 about Community Power electric aggregation plans and the Plan drafted for discussion was held Dec 10 @ 7pm to explain and discuss it

Feedback Survey #2 aimed to collect input about the Plan

The Committee then updated Plan v1.0 with Plan v2.0 based on community support and further research

Topic 1: Community Power Plans (Sept – Oct 2020)

Information about Community Power Plans is now posted under the “Resources & Documents” section

Q&A with the EAC about Community Power was held Sept 21 @ 6:30 to share what the team was learning about this topic

Feedback Survey #1 aimed to know whether participants thought Community Power was a good idea and why

The Committee received enough support to continue its research and to draft an Electric Aggregation Plan