Energy Aggregation Committee

The Community Power Aggregation Committee was established according to RSA 53-E to develop an aggregation plan for the Town of Mason, NH. As laid out in community power aggregation law (RSA 53-E), a Town that wishes to a implement power aggregation program must first establish an Electric Aggregation Committee to develop an aggregation plan for its community.

The five person committee was established by the Select Board on April 25th, 2023.

Benefits of Community Power

What is Community Power?
The goal of community power aggregation is to offer customers more competitive electricity rates than the default supplier (Eversource) as well as to offer more green energy sources to customers who choose that option. The cost reductions are accomplished by aggregating the electric load of many customers and then purchasing power directly from suppliers on the open market on behalf of those customers. The cost reductions are accomplished by aggregating the electric load of many customers and then purchasing power directly from suppliers on the open market on behalf of those customers.

Simply put, it allows a town government to use bulk buying power to purchase electric power at cheaper rates than Eversource.

Who else is working on NH Community Power?
A Coalition of twenty New Hampshire communities are developing Community Power Plans. These communities include the cities of Dover, Lebanon, Nashua and Portsmouth; the Towns of Durham, Enfield, Exeter, Hanover, Harrisville, Hudson, Newmarket, New London, Peterborough, Rye, Pembroke, Plainfield, Walpole, Warner, and Webster, and Cheshire County.

Do you have to join Community Power?
No. Just as it is possible today for a customer to choose a different energy supplier, any customer will be able to opt out of the program and stay with the utility for default supply or choose another competitive energy supplier. Any customer already on competitive supply will need to opt-in to switch to Mason Community Power.  Many people with solar arrays will most likely not benefit from community power at this time.

Are taxpayers at risk if we join?
No. Joining doesn’t cost anything and doesn’t commit a city or town or its residents to the programs.