![]() Secretary Evan Oxenham, Town of Plainfield (alternate: Steve Ladd)įounding Chair April Salas, Town of Hanover (alternate: Peter Kulbacki)ĭirector Terry Clark, Cheshire County (alternate: Chris Coates)ĭirector Christopher G. Treasurer Kimberley Quirk, Town of Enfield (alternate: Jo-Ellen Courtney) Vice Chair Kevin Charette, City of Portsmouth (alternate: Peter Rice) Our Board of Directors is composed of local elected officials, staff and volunteers appointed to represent each member community:Ĭhair Clifton Below, City of Lebanon (alternate: Greg Ames) The Coalition is a partnership between the cities of Dover, Lebanon, Portsmouth and Nashua, the towns of Canterbury, Durham, Enfield, Exeter, Hanover, Harrisville, Hudson, Pembroke, Plainfield, New London, Newmarket, Rye, Walpole, Warner, Webster and Wilmot, and Cheshire County. Help communities demystify the power sector to make informed decisions.įacilitate collaboration and teamwork by championing diversity, equity and inclusion of people and communities of all kinds. Use our shared expertise, leadership and skills to educate, empower and build the capacities of our members. ![]() Support communities to implement successful energy and climate policies and to promote the transition to a carbon neutral energy system.īalance the interests of member communities who are diverse in demographics, geography and their energy goals. ![]() Support communities to reduce energy costs and pursue economic vitality by harnessing the power of competitive markets and innovation. In carrying out its activities, the Coalition is guided by the following values:Įmbody an inspiring vision for New Hampshire’s energy future. The Coalition will create value for our Community Power member municipalities by jointly contracting for services, developing projects and programs together, educating and engaging the public, and advocating for communities and customers at the Legislature and Public Utilities Commission. The average home in Texas uses 1,176 kWh a month.Our mission is to foster resilient New Hampshire communities by empowering them to realize their energy goals. Energy Information Administration Texas homes use more electricity than the national average. The PUCT & ERCOT issued a conservation call & have, in contrast to Sunday night, acknowledged that some of the problems are caused by coal & gas plants: "The number of forced outages in thermal generation exceeds ERCOT forecasts." They showed >13GW of coal & gas offline. For example when there's a really hot day, but no wind, you won't be able to rely on your wind turbine to generate the energy that you need for your grid."ĮRCOT said Wednesday’s alert was partially due to an unexpected number of outages in thermal generation, which is coal and gas. "In other words, generation sources, particularly wind, you can’t access directly on demand. "The real issue that they are facing is that most of that capacity is non-dispatchable," explains Jones. Kevin Jones with UH Downtown's College of Business says despite added capacity to the grid, consumers can expect more calls to conserve energy throughout the summer. ![]() Texas has set and broken power usage records eight times this year, including this week.ĭr. RELATED: What it would take for ERCOT to start rolling blackouts ![]() Conservation efforts by Texans on Monday reduced statewide energy usage by 500MW, the equivalent power usage of 100,000 homes. – 9 p.m.ĮRCOT is encouraging Texans to raise thermostat levels to 78 degrees and hold off using large appliances, all part of a collective effort to avoid the potential of rolling blackouts. Texans are being asked to conserve power for the second time this week as the state’s power grid operator tries to keep the lights and air conditioning on during a seemingly endless heatwave.ĮRCOT issued a conservation appeal just before noon Wednesday asking for people to reduce their electricity usage from 2 p.m. ![]()
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