News Flash

2020 Clean Energy Champion of the Year!

The City would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Assistant Mayor Clifton Below on his designation as 2020 Clean Energy Champion of the Year by Clean Energy NH. 

Clean Energy NH, the Granite State’s leading clean energy advocate and edu...

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...

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'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 to Get Super-Fast Electric Car Charging Stations

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...

City Solar System Goes Live

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...

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 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...