July 17, 2025

Motion to Approve the minutes from the Litchfield Energy Committee meeting held July 17, 2024

Tabled at last meeting

COMMUNITY POWER -  Update from Standard Power.

Jonathan Slaven and Ryan Polson

New Hampshire Group Net Metering Prepared for Town of Litchfield

Malcolm D. Bliss

Senior Director Energy Markets

Kearsarge Energy LP

Municipal Energy Aggregation Pricing - Request Permission to enter into agreement with NRPC/ Standard Power

Pricing and contract would be finalized this week.

Eversource is a 6.75% increase, approved rates will go into effect on Aug. 1

Default Service rate for residential customers in New Hampshire would change from the current 8.9 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 11.2 cents per kWh.

 Contract 36 mos at .1099 kWh

Specific changes coming in August 2025:

Energy Supply:

The Default Service rate for residential customers is expected to increase from 8.9 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 11.2 cents per kWh, if approved by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). 

Distribution Rate:

An additional increase to the distribution rate is also anticipated, which is part of the delivery portion of the bill. 

Overall Bill Impact:

A typical residential customer using 600 kWh per month could see an overall increase of about $13.61, or 9.9%, on their total bill compared to their current bill, due to the combined effect of the supply and distribution rate changes. 

Goal of the Nashua Region Electricity Supply Aggregation is to purchase electricity as a group from a competitive supplier at a lower rate than each member could receive on its own. By purchasing as an aggregation, municipalities and school districts can offer electricity suppliers a larger demand than if they each tried to purchase electricity individually.  The larger demand, in turn, allows suppliers to offer a better rate to the aggregation than it could to individual members.  

The Nashua Regional Planning Commission serves as an aggregator to facilitate a bid process among competitive electricity suppliers licensed with the NH Public Utilities Commission. Each aggregation member signs their own contract with the supplier for a fixed electricity supply rate. Rates and contracts are identical for each member within a given electric distribution territory.  

History

In 2011, NRPC utilized funding from the Energy Technical Assistance and Planning (ETAP) program to work with 9 towns and 6 school districts to form an aggregation to procure electricity from a competitive supplier. Since that time, the aggregation has completed the following contract rounds:

Total Aggregation Savings 2012-2022 = $2,135,646

2012-2022 Savings by Participant

Amherst = $131,596

Brookline = $55,699

Hollis = $88,179

Hudson = $668,501

Litchfield = $81,939

Lyndeborough = $17,356

Mason = $8,499

Mason Schools = $34,799

Milford = $302,282

Milford Schools = $280,156

Mont Vernon = $23,503

Pelham = $55,751

Pelham/Windham Schools = $65,307

SAU 41 = $77,144

Wilton = $45,714

Wilton-Lyndeborough Schools = $49,702

Windham Schools = $146,721