About Lebanon Energy

In 2018, the City of Lebanon hired its first Energy and Facilities Manager to assist with implementing the vision outlined in its Energy Plan (as outlined in the City of Lebanon's Master Plan Chapter 13: Energy). 

Efforts associated with implementation include, but are not limited to:

• Increasing energy and cost savings for the City 
• Working with Liberty Utilities to implement an innovative battery storage program for homeowners and businesses in West Lebanon
• Helping our landfill to capture methane and burn it to provide green electricity for most all City operations
• Improving the energy efficiency of municipal buildings 
• Exploring and implementing renewable energy options like solar PV, hydropower, electric vehicles, and other alternative transportation
• Crafting policies that promote energy efficiency, financial investment, and new business opportunities
• Converting the City’s streetlights to high-efficiency LED ‘smart’ lights and removing streetlights that are not serving any useful purpose
• Aligning energy initiatives with the City’s Guiding Principles and Principles for Sustainability
• Exploring innovative new models for electricity pricing and distribution (including 
  Community Aggregation* Community Aggregation is an alternative to the investor owned utility energy supply system in which a municipality aggregates the buying power of individual customers within a defined jurisdiction in order to secure alternative energy supply contracts. The CA chooses the power generation source on behalf of the consumers. By aggregating purchasing power, it is able to create large contracts with generators that individual buyers may be unable to do. The main goals of CAs have been to either lower costs for consumers or to allow consumers greater control of their energy mix, mainly by offering "greener" generation portfolios than local utilities.
   and   
  Real-Time Pricing,* Real Time Pricing (RTP) is a system of electricity pricing that allows charging higher prices when electric demand is highest, but offers lower prices when demand is low. RTP is expected to reduce actual use during peak demand periods by encouraging consumers to shift their load to off-peak times, often through the use of ‘smart meters.’ Peak demand increases production costs because it drives the need for costly new equipment and RTP makes this transparent.
  ) in collaboration with the NH Public Utilities Commission, neighboring municipalities, and Liberty Utilities. The intention is to provide the municipality, residents, and businesses with less expensive and greener power options
• Working with the City Council to achieve its resolution for Lebanon to meet the greenhouse gas reduction goals of the Paris Climate Accord: a minimum 26% reduction in emissions by the year 2025
• Monitoring the performance of all the energy programs in the City to prioritize future initiatives and planning efforts

The Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee (LEAC) is a subcommittee of the City Council and acts as the public body engaged with energy-related efforts. You are encouraged to learn and engage with the City’s energy initiatives and programs by attending LEAC meetings, attending community energy-related events, subscribing to Energy-related news, or meeting personally with our Energy & Facilities Manager, Tad Montgomery. 

LEAC meetings occur on the 3^rd Thursday of each month, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, on the 5^th floor of City Hall. Meeting agendas and minutes can be found in the Agendas section of the City’s website. Please contact us if you have ideas, questions, concerns, or just want to plug in.