External Resources for Towns

Choosing an Energy Supplier

NH.gov offers a list of energy suppliers that are currently registered to sell energy in the franchise areas of certain New Hampshire utilities.

ENERGY STAR®

ENERGY STAR offers municipalities’ energy efficient solutions – helping to save money while protecting the environment for future generations.

New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (NHPUC)

The NHPUC is vested with general jurisdiction over electric, telecommunications, natural gas, water, and sewer for issues such as rates, quality of service, finance, accounting, and safety. It is the NHPUC’s mission to ensure that customers of regulated utilities receive safe, adequate, and reliable service at just and reasonable rates. The website offers useful information for utility customers, utility representatives and industry consultants.

NH Community Development Finance Authority (NHCDFA)

The NHCDFA is a low-interest loan and grant program available to businesses, nonprofit organizations, and municipalities to help finance energy improvements and renewable energy projects in their buildings.

NH Office of Strategic Initiatives

NHOSI operates several energy programs in partnership with private and public entities to encourage energy efficiency and renewable energy use.

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (NEEP)

NEEP is a nonprofit regional organization whose mission is to steadily increase energy efficiency in homes, buildings, and industry throughout the Northeast region of the United States.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)

RGGI is a cooperative effort among nine states – Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE)

The CEE is a national, non-profit public benefits corporation promoting the manufacture and purchase of energy efficient products and services. CEE members are investor owned or municipal utilities, state or provincial energy offices, government agencies, and nonutility program administrators.

US Energy Information Administration (EIA)

The EIA collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

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