News Flash

Sustainable Lebanon Calling on Lebanon Households

Sustainable Lebanon is calling on Lebanon Households to join a coordinated, community effort to become more eco-friendly. News of climate disasters is very disturbing, but what can one person do? You can join Sustainable Lebanon's SNAPP ...

Electric Ford Truck A Hit at the Farmers Market

The City of Lebanon now owns one of the first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks in the nation. Dozens of people looked it over and asked questions at the Farmers Market on September 1, 2022, in Colburn Park. Watch this interview with Lebanon Ene...

City of Lebanon's Electric Pickup Truck Coming to Thursday's Farmers Market

The City of Lebanon will take ownership of one of the first electric Ford F150 pickup trucks in the country this week. Bought locally from Lebanon Ford, this light-duty truck called the ‘Lightning’ has a range of 230 miles on a full ch...

City Solar Entering Phase 3

The City began installation of solar arrays at seven City-owned sites in 2019, partnering with ReVision Energy. All seven are currently operational with the exception of the Landfill Maintenance Garage Building. This array was taken down in 2020 because t...

EV Charging in Lebanon

As Lebanon prepares for society's shift to electric vehicles (EVs), it helps to understand how and where EVs charge up. On July 25, 2022, Sherry Boschert, chair of the EV Subcommittee of the Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee, gave a presentation to the Pl...

Reduce Your Climate Impact by Composting Food Scraps

Americans waste more than 100 billion pounds of food each year. All this wasted food has an impact on the disposal capacity of landfills. Lebanon is not immune to this. Each year, more than 5,000 tons of food scraps are landfilled in Lebanon. Keeping food...

Can I Recycle This Plastic?

Every day at the Lebanon Recycling Center, our staff receives questions about what plastic is recyclable and what is not. It is important to know what is NOT recyclable so we keep our recycling contaminate-free.

During this time of year, we see a ...

Lebanon Open Space Plan Published!

In November 2021, the Conservation Commission adopted the Lebanon Open Space Plan, which helps articulate the City's long-term vision for land conservation, provides information on desirable open space characteristics and sets benchmarks to measure future...

A Plea to Separate Recyclables Correctly

Lebanon’s Solid Waste staff is always busy receiving and managing waste and recycling from Upper Valley households. The staff works hard to simplify the process and new signs were installed last year to improve communication with facility users.  ...

Keeping Our Recyclables Local

Do you know where your recyclables go?  In this day and age, understanding where your food comes from is important.  Is it local? Is it organic? Is it grass-fed, cage-free, etc?  But do you know where your recyclables go and why...

Streetlight Project Moves Forward

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...

E-BIKES: Making the Transition

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...

Lebanon's First Electric Vehicle

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...

A Ray of Solar Sunshine

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...

Lebanon named 2021 Municipal Energy Champion

On April 23, 2021, during the concluding session of NH Energy Week, the City of Lebanon was named the 2021 NH Energy Week Municipal Energy Champion. The City of Lebanon was nominated by the CDFA along with the Town of Strafford, Towns of Hopkinton and Web...

Lebanon Energy in the News

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 ...

Renewable Gas Project at Lebanon Landfill Moving Forward

After more than a decade and many roadblocks, the City of Lebanon is excited to announce the development of its Landfill Gas to Energy Project at the Lebanon Solid Waste Facility.  Working in conjunction with Liberty Utilities and our engineering...