Energy Committee Agenda 02.20.24

February 18, 2024 Karen Hambleton Energy Committee, Minutes 0

BEC Agenda for Tuesday February 20, 2024 – Meeting at BACC 5:00-6:00 pm
Review and approval of January Minutes

  1. Community Power Update
  2. Town Hall Renovation Project – See Bradford Bridge for updates.
  3. Municipal Weatherization Status
    a. Fire Station Update. Shakes to Shingles has subcontracted the weatherstripping around one garage door. Upon completion, Bradford will submit the paperwork to NHSaves in order to receive the anticipated rebate of $11,871.50.
  4. Solar Energy – No updates.
  5. Heat Pumps – No updates.
  6. Kearsarge Climate Action – Met on January 10, 2024. Regional Projects
    a. Continuing to work on KCA outreach/publicity goals. Is there interest in being added to the KCA email distribution?
    b. Business Generated Food Waste
    i. CET will be providing the results of their findings regarding business generated food waste in the Kearsarge area.
    ii. CET will be working with the Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission on a study of residential food waste.
    iii. CET is offering free compost site technical assessments and met with Sweet Beet.
    iv. CET also offers assistance on deconstruction/building materials.
    c. Window Dressers
    i. 209 window inserts were installed in 29 households for a total 2100 sq. ft. of windows. According to WD, for every sq. ft. of window covered with inserts, it saves an equivalent of 8/10 of a gallon of #2 oil or 1686 gallons oil saved from the 2023 project.
    ii. There is already a waitlist of over 100 inserts for 2024.
  7. New Hampshire Network Update
  8. Legislative Updates
    a. A good place to stay on top of NH legislative updates is through the https://www.newhampshirenetwork.org/NH-bills
    b. BEC decided not to submit a warrant article to fund a Municipal Transportation Improvement Fee per NH RSA 261:153 which allows towns and cities to collect an additional $5 fee per vehicle registration.
  9. BEC Public Outreach
    a. The January issue of the Bradford Bridge contained a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMMUNITY POWER PROJECT. The February issue contained information on cold climate air source heat pumps, heat pump hot water heaters, and that financial assistance for these energy saving measures and more would be forthcoming later this year when the Department of Energy has the funds in place.
  10. Proposed articles for March Bridge?
  11. Other Items
  12. Conclude