Community Power Roadmap
How to join the Coalition & approve a Community Power program
Process support for Local Energy Committees and Elected Officials
FOR COMMUNITIES, BY COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITY
POWER COALITION
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.
President Brian S. McCarthy presided; City Clerk Patricia Piecuch recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia Piecuch; Alderman David Schoneman led in the Pledge to the Flag.
The roll call was taken with 10 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Aldermen Cookson, Siegel, Melizzi-
Golja, and McGuinness were recorded absent.
His Honor, Mayor Jim Donchess, and Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also in attendance.
REMARKS BY THE MAYOR
Mayor Donchess
First, I'd like to welcome Alderman Elect David Tencza to the Board of Aldermen. | know he’s going to be
sworn in soon and will take David Deane’s seat. It’s nice to have a full complement. | welcome him to the
Board.
Next, | wanted to mention something that’s going on Friday at 9:00 a.m., which is a ceremony commemorating
the one-year anniversary of the city’s Safe Station’s program. As you will recall, we opened our fire stations to
be available 24/7 for anyone who wants to seek help with any kind of an addiction. We have joined with
another of partners in the community, including AMR, the Partnership for Successful Living or Harbor Homes,
Revive Recovery and others to make this program effective. As a result of a very large team effort, | think that
over the course of the last 18 months we have considerably strengthened the city’s response with respect to
the opioid crisis. But still we can do more, and | think we can improve our response. | was thinking about
telling you more tonight, but | think what is really required is for us to bring forward a presentation to the Board
of Aldermen, which would include all these partners, and you can hear, in detail, what’s going on, where we
started and where we’ve come. OD’s, according to the AMR statistics, overdoses are down 24 percent from a
year ago, but unfortunately, fatalities still are occurring. | do believe there are additional things we can do to
strengthen the city’s response, and | look forward to organizing a presentation where we can elaborate more
fully on everything that’s happened so far and everything that we may be able to do in the future.
On Friday, we are having a ceremony at all of the fire stations at 9:00 a.m. There is a ceremony at each
station. The main one will be at E. Hollis Street. You're all invited to come to any of them, either the main one
or the other stations. The point is to thank all of the participants, all of the firefighters and others, the
management of NFR who have been very involved in making this program a success.
Next, | wanted to mention that Alderman Dowd and | attended the ribbon cutting for the soccer fields at
Charlotte Avenue. The fields look great. How they did this, it’s almost a miracle. They made a dust patch into
some very lush fields. Those now are ready for use. That was a really great day and |’m glad that those are
now going to help expand recreational opportunities for our young people.
| wanted to mention an award that the city won — the community, not just the city government. It’s the Creative
Communities award given by the State Council for the Arts, which is awarded every few years. This is given by
the State Council for the Arts and by the Governor, as a result of all of the arts organizations that are active in
Nashua, and as a result of all of the opportunities in the arts that are available. This is a very significant award
of which we all should be proud. Again, this is a huge team effort involving the entire community. Tom is on
the board of Positive Street Art, but there are many other organizations that are contributing.
Next, we inaugurated and dedicated the veteran’s mural over at Quincy Street, done by Positive Street Art, on
Saturday. | know a number of you attended; it was a really nice ceremony. The mural really expresses, in a
very moving fashion, the depth that the community and the country owes to our veterans, but also is a beautiful
addition to the Quincy Street neighborhood. | want to thank Positive Street Art for putting all of that together.
What is Community Power?
New Hampshire cities, towns, and counties procure electric power supply on behalf of their
residents and businesses and provide related customer services (local programs, Net Energy
Metering supply rates, etc.)
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(Customers may switch back to utility default supply or take service from a Competitive Supplier)
Enabling Legislation: RSA 53-E, Relative to Aggregation of Electric Customers by Municipalities & Counties
What is the Community Power Coalition?
The Coalition is a statewide public nonprofit in formation, designed “For Communities, By Communities”
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Statewide Peer Network Vendor Vetting Joint Power Solicitations &
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Coalition Templates: Portfolio Risk Management Community Solar + Storage
Contract Management Project Development
¢ Enabling resolutions
° Electric Aggregation Plan Customer Services
¢ Public education materials Local programs
Phase 1 of Coalition Membership: Phase 2 of Coalition Membership:
Benefit from peer-to-peer resources sharing and Shared services and economies of scale for launching
expert support for the program approval process. Community Power programs, procuring electricity,
operating the program, contracting for new project
developments, implementing local programs, and
engaging at the Legislature & Public Utility Commission
on —- came and market reforms.
Cost Sharing: Who Pays?
Communities do not pay upfront fees to join the Coalition & launch a Community Power program
All costs are recovered from rates set by Members after program launch
® Cost Sharing Agreement © Three Types of Coalition Costs:
Communities are under no financial obligation Costs for (1) Member Services and (2) Direct
until the execution of a “Cost Sharing Agreement” Projects only accrue to communities that choose to
(after joining the Coalition) receive the services or participate in the project in
question, while (3) General & Administrative Costs
are shared proportionally across members (based on
Communities may withdraw from the Coalition
orior to entering into the Cost Sharing Agreement —
and at any point thereafter in future, subject to any pro rata share of annual electricity sales)
existing obligations (as specified in the Cost Sharing
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Each program's launch and operating costs will be recovered through electricity sales
How does a Community join the Coalition?
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agency under the terms of the agreement [Cheshire County]
¢ The Attorney General has approved the Coalition's Attachment B: Articles of Agreement
Agreement as conforming to the laws of New Hampshire The State of New. Hampshire
Recording Fee: $25.00 RSA 292:2
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Coalition Organizing Group: Founding Members
The Coalition ts led by staff and officials of Lebanon, Nashua, Hanover & Cheshire County:
Doria Brown
City of Nashua
Energy Manager
Rod Bouchard
City of Lebanon
Cheshire County
Assistant County Administrator
for Special Projects
and Strategic Initiatives
Assistant Mayor and
City Councilor
Julia Griffin April Salas
Town of Hanover Town of Hanover
Town Manager Chief Sustainability Officer
Read about their energy expertise on the Coalition's profile page: https:/www.cpcnh.org/bios
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