Simsbury Selectmen endorse sustainability committee energy plan, require financial and prioritization reviews

On Oct. 15, 2025, the Simsbury Board of Selectmen voted to endorse the Sustainability Committee’s Part 1: Energy plan, a nonbinding roadmap that lays out goals for energy efficiency, school and municipal solar, battery storage and study of electric-vehicle charging and electrification of heating systems. The board’s endorsement included a proviso that “no projects will proceed without appropriate reviews” of financial viability, staffing and prioritization.

The plan, presented to the board by a Sustainability Committee representative, frames energy measures as a way to lower long-term operating costs, increase resilience during outages, and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The presenter said the committee is asking for the board’s endorsement and highlighted state and nonprofit financing options that could be used to implement projects with little or no up-front town cost. “We are not asking for mandates, and we…