01.27.2026_energy_committee_draft_minutes.pdf
The Committee approved December 2025 minutes unanimously. Regarding New Hampshire House Bill 1002 on removing solar exemptions, members moved unanimously to draft a letter to the Selectboard officially opposing the legislation; Val will prepare the letter. The 2026 Committee Budget is set at $1,000. Members reported on a regional collaboration meeting, noting potential opportunities like Window Dressers and e-bike charging stations. Cathy and Val will pursue information on e-bike charging for Lakeside Park, and Val will review CENH materials on local energy resources. For Community Power, the committee will wait until February or March to promote the Enfield Local Rate. Cathy and Jo-Ellen will collect energy usage data. Val will promote the Earth Week Open House on the Town Newsletter, and Kim will contact Solar Gardens about community participation. Doug Cogan from CENH will attend the next meeting. Source: https://www.enfieldnh.gov/media/23356
ENFIELD ENERGY COMMITTEE January 27, 2026 MINUTES Meeting called to order at 6:00pm Attending:Jo-Ellen Courtney, Tracy Young, Kim Quirk, Marta Ceroni, Val Stinson, Jerry Roberts, Cathy Pelton Absent: Wendell Smith December 2025 minutes MOTION:To approve the minutes from December 9, 2025with one adjustment. Jo-Ellen had an action item to provide CPCNH info about the rates for the newsletter - it was not regarding refreshes. Approved unanimously. Regional Energy Committee Collaboration Meeting On January 13, 2026 Cathy and Val attended this regional collaboration meeting at the Kilton Library in Lebanon. Cathy & Val noted that some other communities attending the collaboration include much wider subjects such as pollinator gardens and waste/recycling and ebike charging stations. The Regional Energy Committee discussed meeting either quarterly or twice per year where either presentations of current local topics are presented or round tables are held for discussion amongst the different town committees. There may be opportunities to join other towns in the Upper Valley for various events or workshops. Window Dressers is an idea that has been discussed at the Energy Committee before and could work well with a multi town effort as it is recommended that volunteer levels are 70+. The Enfield Energy Committee could provide the Window Dresser information to our town’s residents for them to do individually in place of setting up a whole program. Bill Sterns from Lebanon is working on an ebike charging station that Enfield may be interested in checking out as an option to provide something similar at Lakeside Park Pavillion. ACTION:Cathy will pursue more information with BillSterns. Energy Coaching and weatherization audits were other ideas that came from the collaboration meeting. Doug Cogan from CENH will attend our Energy Committee meeting next month. He is a Circuit Rider focused in our area of NH to help us think about how to get NHSaves money or information on renewables or energy audits. ACTION: Val will review the CENH flyer of "Overviewof Local Energy Resource" about what Towns can do and how the Circuit Riders do. Solar Exemption NH 2026 House Bill 1002 regarding the removal of solar exemptions in NH received a lot of attention and opposition but did pass the House. MOTION: Jo-Ellen moved that we draft a letter as theEnergy Committee to the Selectboard asking that the Town of Enfield officially oppose 2026-HS-1002. Val seconded this motion. Approved unanimously. ACTION:Val will prepare a letter to the Selectboard. Community Power Update Kim presented at the last Selectboard meeting to discuss the refresh of residents and the timing for rate setting (which happened on Dec 18, 2025). Jo-Ellen provided a few copies of the flyer that goes out to each ‘refreshed customer’ whether they are new to Enfield or returning to Utility default rate. We haven't promoted the Enfield Local Rate yet, because it is higher than the Utility default rate. We will wait until February or March to state the rate on the listserv. Energy Usage Data Cathy will try to commit more time to doing some data collection. Jo-Ellen has completed 2023-2024 and will start on 2025. We’ll check back in at the February meeting. Earth Week Open House Co-sponsor the second annual open house - business or homes with energy efficiency, renewables, EVs. They would like help promoting and publicizing the event and they are seeking site hosts. ACTION:Val will begin to promote on our Town Newsletter. ACTION:Cathy to ask Alisa if there is a town Facebookpage. The Energy Committee Budget for 2026 is $1,000. Solar Community ACTION: Kim will contact the Solar Gardens Community Solar to see if we can participate. ADU workshop at Enfield Town Hall Wendell described his visit to the workshop that the Town provided to encourage ADU buildings in Enfield. Kim moved to adjourn; Cathy seconded. Adjourned at 7:10pm