Finance Committee

FOR COMMUNITIES, BY COMMUNITIES.

COMMUNITY

POWER COALITION
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Community Power Roadmap: Three Key Steps

Process
Initiated

Join the Coalition

Coalition's Joint Power Agreement

Appoint primary & alternate
representatives to serve on

Coalition Board of Directors Receive aggregate electric load
data from the distribution utility

Coalition Resources: expert

support, explanatory materials & Coalition Resources: governance
template resolutions discussion & data request support

Community
Power
Roadmap

COMMUNITY

POWER COALITION
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

For communities, by communities.

Coalition Updates:

Winning on major legislative engagements:
¢ “Legislative Action Alerts” — analyzing proposed bills & rallying hundreds to voice support
¢ House Bill 315 —protecting & expanding Community Power authorities

¢ Senate Bill 91— opening the market for Community Power to buy from in-state generators
and battery storage (under 5 megawatts)

2. Advancing on major regulatory issues:
¢ Community Power administrative rule drafting (at Public Utility Commission's request)

Public Advocacy Priorities: Building our Market

The Coalition has empowered communities to expand local control on state energy policy issues:

oy House Bill 315
Senate Bill 91

= Public Utility Commission

=~ Community Power Rule Drafting

[= Statewide Energy Data Platform
CS (democratically controlled)

Community
Power
Coalition

COMMUNITY

POWER COALITION
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

For communities, by communities.

Lead Expert:

DUNCAN WEINBERG GENZER PEMBROKE

Law firm founded in 1971

Core focus on utility, energy and municipal law

Dedicated to expanding & strengthening community energy agencies

Michael Postar, Esq. Provides legal services to electric industry clients (nationwide):

President & Shareholder ¢ Community Power Joint Power Agencies

¢ Locally-owned utilities, power providers, cooperatives, and different
types of collaborative, community-owned agencies

¢ Energy trade associations (American Public Power Association,

Lead Expert: Power Agency Design & Launch

COMMUNITY CHOICE
PA R TN ER S
SECURING YOUR COMMUNITY'S ENERGY FUTURE

10+ years operating, designing and advising the country’s most
competitive & innovative Community Power agencies

Recognized pioneer of joint powers agency governance models,
competitive business models & enabling market reforms for the industry

Samuel Golding Professionally dedicated to sharing best practices & creating new markets

Lead Expert: Policy & Regulation

30 years of energy policy leadership & public service for NH:

¢ Author of Community Power Act
¢ Prime sponsor & co-author of Electric Utility Restructuring Act
¢ Former NH state representative, senator & utility commissioner

¢ Former President of New England Conference of Public Utility
Commissioners (& served on many state/ regional/ Federal boards)

¢ Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee Chair: developing Lebanon

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