JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
OF
COMMUNITY POWER COALITON OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Effective , 2021
Among the Following Parties:
City of Lebanon
Town of Hanover
[City of Nashua]
[Cheshire County]
[1 or more additional jurisdictions TBD]
This Joint Powers Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into pursuant to
the provisions of New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated 53-A:3, as it may be amended,
(“NH RSA”) providing for the joint exercise of powers among the parties set forth in Attachment
B (“Parties”). The term “Parties” shall also include a municipality, county, or a group of such
entities operating jointly pursuant to RSA 53-E:3, II(b) added to this Agreement in accordance
with Article IV, Section 3. Parties to this Agreement shall be known as Members,
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Constitution of New Hampshire declares that “Free and fair
competition in the trades and industries is an inherent and essential right of the people and should
be protected against all monopolies and conspiracies which tend to hinder or destroy it”;
WHEREAS, in 1996, the New Hampshire General Court enacted NH RSA 374-F, the
Electric Utility Restructuring Act to “to reduce costs for all consumers of electricity by
harnessing the power of competitive markets...for wholesale and retail! electricity services”;
WHEREAS, in 1996, the NH General Court also enacted NH RSA 53-E, “Aggregation
of Electric Customers by Municipalities and Counties” and in 2019, the General Court enacted
SB 286 (Chapter 316, NH Laws of 2019) to better enable municipalities and counties to create
Community Power Aggregations (“CPAs”) as a competitive means for local governments to
achieve their local policy goals and assume the responsibility of providing electricity service to
their residents and businesses that da not choose an alternative supplier;
WHEREAS, electric aggregation will allow communities to promote renewable and
distributed energy development, energy efficiency programs, price stability, access to innovative
energy products, services, and rates, and local economic benefits through local control;
WHEREAS, local communities have substantial responsibilities and authority for land
use planning, including adoption of master plans that may address transportation, utility and
energy planning among other needs pursuant to NH RSA 674:2, zoning, development review,
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