News Flash

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...

Commit to Refill NOT Landfill this April

Reduce, REUSE, Recycle! During the month of April, we are asking you to focus your attention on the Second “R” and look for opportunities to REUSE.  Reusing items to shrink or eliminate the amount of waste that gets landfilled is becoming more im...

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 ...

Lebanon Community Power Awarded Grant

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...

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...

Plastic Recycling Confusion

There are so many new plastics to be found in our homes. Items that used to come in aluminum, steel or glass are now being packaged in plastics. These new containers are leaving many people confused about what is and is not recyclable at the Lebanon Recyc...