Streetlight Conversion Project to Begin

The City of Lebanon is currently working on a plan to convert all streetlights to light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures. This conversion project, when complete, has the potential to provide significant annual energy and maintenance savings, to reduce greenh...

New LEAC Electric Vehicle Subcommittee

The Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee (LEAC) has started a new subcommittee to help travelers transition to electric vehicles (EV’s). The price of EV’s plummeting, their range is growing in leaps and bounds, but the infrastructure is not yet totally devel...

Lebanon's New Business Energy Advisor

Liberty Utilities has partnered with the Resilient Buildings Group to create a new position to help businesses, non-profits, and municipalities to access energy efficiency incentives and make energy improvements. 

Andrew Hatch, a member of the ene...

Home Battery Project Fills Up Fast

Due to overwhelming response, Liberty Utilities has closed the waiting list for Phase 1 of their home battery storage pilot program. 

The waiting list for Phase 2 remains open, however, Liberty has said that it could be at least two years...

Lebanon's SolSmart Award Upgraded to Silver

Last week, Lebanon was informed that we have been upgraded from SolSmart Bronze to Silver designation by the U.S. Department of Energy. This is the result of the D.O.E.’s reconsideration of two key features that the City had already put in place: ...

Liberty Utilities Home Battery Storage Pilot Approved

On January 19th the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) released an order approving a battery storage pilot program proposed by Liberty Utilities in 2017. 

According to the Press Release issued by Liberty Utilities, “The pilot program ...

Low-Cost Home Weatherization Program

COVER is a non-profit based in White River Junction with an energy program. Led by trained crew leaders, COVER's team of volunteers run blower door tests, air seal, insulate water heaters, insulate pipes, insulate box sills, bulkheads and attic hatches, i...

Lebanon Awarded “SolSmart Bronze” for Advancing Solar Energy Growth

Lebanon is the first municipality in New Hampshire, and only the second in northern New England, to receive a Bronze designation from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SolSmart program. This designation recognizes Lebanon for taking steps to encourage solar...

Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering to Assist Lebanon Community Power

The Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth recently announced that a $40,000 grant has been awarded to Professor Amro Farid to develop a transactive energy blockchain prototype for Lebanon Community Power (LCP). LCP is the Municipal...

Lebanon Awarded a Sustainability Fellowship

Lebanon has been awarded a University of New Hampshire Sustainability Fellowship for the coming year. UNH has a nationally-known program in sustainability and makes their Fellows available to businesses, institutions and municipalities who have firm goals...

Lebanon Energy in the News

On Wednesday, December 19, 2018, Lebanon was in the news with a short NHPR piece featuring the City’s various energy projects. 

Read or listen to the piece here: How Can You Take a Stand on Energy at the Local Level? Le...