Posted on: July 16, 2020
On June 30th the NH Public Utilities Commission approved a new ‘LED-2’ streetlight tariff and rate structure. This tariff will, for the first time, allow the City to buy public streetlights from Liberty Utilities and convert them to hi...
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Energy & Sustainability
Posted on: July 9, 2020
Residents of Lebanon have been hard at work for many years and are at the forefront of true reform when it comes to changes in energy generation and consumption. This work has received statewide recognition lately and we feel it is important to share the ...
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Energy & Sustainability
Posted on: April 23, 2020
In line with our environmental ethic the City has leased its first electric vehicle. It is a Nissan Leaf Plus, shown here with Department of Public Works Director Jim Donison, and has a range of 226 miles on a charge.
“This is the first...
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Energy & Sustainability
Posted on: March 24, 2020
Roughly 50 people crammed into the Kilton Library Community room on a sunny March 2nd to celebrate the City’s first municipal solar array. Speakers included Mayor McNamara, Asst. Mayor Below, State Rep. Susan Almy, LEAC Solar Committee chair Gre...
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Energy & Sustainability
Posted on: February 26, 2020
On February 24, Lebanon signed a contract with Electrify America to install an ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The proposed site will be on Taylor Street, across from CCBA, pending all of the site logistics working out. The station will...
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Energy & Sustainability
Posted on: January 23, 2020
Exciting news!
Phase 1 of the City’s solar project to install 7 solar arrays is now complete and actively generating clean electricity for our City. The first solar array was turned on November 26, 2019 at the Lebanon Landfill. The fina...
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Energy & Sustainability
Posted on: September 5, 2019
Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are a growing trend in transportation and many people are attempting to make the switch from traditional forms of transportation to electric bikes. We recently caught up with Tad Montgomery, our Lebanon Energy and Facilities Ma...
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Energy & Sustainability
Posted on: June 20, 2019
On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) awarded the City of Lebanon a $75,000 tax credit grant to aid in the development and launch of Lebanon Community Power, a municipal aggregation program being creat...
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Energy & Sustainability