Pat Martin of Rindge received the New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ’s Environmental Justice award Friday morning. Martin was presented the award by Rev. Robert Grabill of Church Of Christ – Dartmouth College at the weekly climate.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 4/15/2021 3:29:21 PM
Voting day on Peterborough’s warrant, May 11, draws ever closer, and proponents of Article 11, which commits the town to 100 percent renewable energy, are rallying. Their efforts were bolstered after helping to squash a legislative threat to community power, a major element of the plan to expand renewable use, earlier this year. The town’s electric vehicle charging station is also expected to come online this summer.
Article 11 seeks to commit Peterborough to transition to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and 100 percent renewable heat and transportation by 2050 in a non-legally binding agreement. It stipulates completing an action plan by December 2022.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 2/10/2021 7:20:06 PM
Local advocates of community power and renewable energy are decrying HB 315, a bill that would gut the Community Power Law, which granted municipalities the ability to purchase electricity on behalf of their residents when it went into effect in late 2019.
Besides the appeal of lowering energy bills, the Community Power Law is central to many town’s initiatives to expand their renewable energy portfolio, Peterborough resident and Monadnock Sustainability Hub program manager Annie Henry said. HB 315 goes before the New Hampshire House Science, Technology & Energy Committee on Friday.
HB 315, nicknamed the “Monopoly Protection Act” by community power advocates, scales back much of the innovation afforded by the 2019 law, jacks up the cost, and adds multiple layers of obstacles to implement a community power agreement – which is already such a complicated process that none have yet been completed throughout the stat