Energy plays a critical role in regional and local planning initiatives. The issues of energy use and conservation are important considerations in all of SWRPC’s program areas including transportation, land use, natural resource, and economic development. This page is intended to provide information and resources on energy issues that affect Southwestern New Hampshire. 
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SWRPC is working on an exciting new program to bring energy efficiency planning and technical assistance to municipalities in our region. The Energy Technical Assistance and Planning for New Hampshire Communities (ETAP-NHC) program is funded by the Department of Energy through a grant to the NH Office of Energy and Planning, and strives to save tax payers money through reduced utility bills on municipal facilities and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   SWRPC is part of a team comprised of staff from twelve organizations: CLF Ventures, the non-profit consulting affiliate of the Conservation Law Foundation; Peregrine Energy Group, Inc., an energy consulting firm; Clean Air- Cool Planet and the nine Regional Planning Commissions in New Hampshire.

Based on your progress to-date, needs and desires, the ETAP-NHC team will help your municipality identify opportunities where your community can benefit financially and environmentally from increased energy efficiency and  provide assistance to implement those changes. The team can assist in every step of the energy efficiency planning and implementation process, from identifying the strategies and technologies to reducing energy consumption, to providing easy-to-use tools to track your community’s savings, to providing technical services such as energy audits for municipal buildings.

For more information on the ETAP-NHC program click here or contact SWRPC Planner Tara Germond at (603) 357-0557 or tgermond@swrpc.org.

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See the links below for additional information on energy and climate change in the region and state.

NH Energy and Climate Collaborative: http://www.nhcollaborative.org/

NH Community Energy Project: http://www.nhenergy.org

Energy Efficiency Resources: http://www.nhlgc.org/resources/energyefficiency.asp

NH Office of Energy and Planning: http://www.nh.gov/oep/

NH Carbon Coalition: http://www.carboncoalition.org/

Clean Air Cool Planet: http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/

NH Department of Environmental Services Climate Change Program:
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/air/tsb/tps/climate/index.htm

NH Public Utilities Commission Sustainable Energy Program:
http://www.puc.state.nh.us/Sustainable%20Energy/SustainableEnergy.htm