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Bedford council delays decision on joining Community Power Coalition after presentation and Q&A
Summary
After a presentation from the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire, Bedford councilors asked detailed questions about rates, solar net‑metering and reserve funds and voted 5–1 to table signing a joint powers agreement until the Oct. 9, 2024 meeting to allow public input.
Bedford Town Council on Sept. 20 heard a presentation from the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH) on forming a Bedford Community Power program and then voted to table action until the council’s Oct. 9, 2024 meeting to allow additional public outreach and hearings.
Henry Herndon, director of member services for CPCNH, told the council the program—created under state law RSA 53‑E—would allow the town to become the default electricity supplier for most Eversource customers while the utility would continue to own and operate the grid and handle outages. Herndon said the coalition’s sample basic supply rate is about 8.6¢ per kilowatt‑hour versus roughly 10.5¢/kWh from Eversource in the example shown, and he noted the organization’s members have produced roughly $14 million in cumulative…
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