LEBANON New Hampshire towns are making strides toward implementing community power programs, which supporters hope will give residents and small businesses the opportunity to purchase power from renewable sources at a competitive price.On Wednesday.
Column: Community power promises lower rates, greener electricity
Modified: 7/11/2021 10:00:05 PM
In the years since 1996, when the New Hampshire Legislature opened up the purchase of electric power to free market competition, I received lots of calls at the Lebanon Housing Authority from commercial brokers offering to save us money by supplying us power. Even though our electric bill was substantial, I couldn’t face having to constantly check and repeatedly negotiate over electric rates.
In the intervening years, most big businesses in Lebanon have saved money by utilizing competitive suppliers of power, while some 6,000 residents and 1,000 small businesses have simply stayed with buying power from Liberty Utilities at whatever default rate it offers.
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