PSNH’s Clean Energy Plan

Strategy #4.   Educate & Plan for the Future

The key to achieving an 80-percent carbon reduction is engaging as many people as possible in the solutions. PSNH is sharing its resources and expertise to educate families and decision-makers about key energy issues, and to help state leaders plan a sustainable transition to cleaner energy sources.

Classroom Programs

Since 1981, PSNH has reached about 30,000 elementary school students a year through its classroom programs on energy efficiency and electrical safety. PSNH is now expanding this program to provide New Hampshire’s youngest citizens with a solid appreciation of the importance of clean energy and reducing personal energy consumption.

Energy Brief

In 2009, PSNH launched a new online publication to provide New Hampshire decision-makers with clear and timely information about local and national energy issues. Energy Brief is intended to create positive dialogue on energy issues in New Hampshire, recognize local energy leaders, and inform the state’s collaborative efforts in order to achieve the best big-picture energy solutions for the Granite State.

Wood Energy Advisory Roundtable

In 2007, PSNH convened the Wood Energy Advisory Roundtable (WEAR), a group of key New Hampshire environmental and forestry leaders, to advance responsible forestry practices in New Hampshire—particularly as the region looks to increase its share of electricity generated from renewable fuels such as wood biomass. Members of WEAR include the Northern Forest Center, the Nature Conservancy, and the Society for the Protection of NH Forests. The NU Foundation, which is affiliated with PSNH’s parent company, has helped to advance WEAR’s mission by providing a $60,000 grant to the Monadnock Conservancy, and a $95,000 contribution to fund a year-long baseline study of forest capacity and health conducted by Audubon New Hampshire.

Climate Change Task Force

PSNH President Gary Long recently served on Governor Lynch’s 29-member Climate Change Policy Taskforce, which issued a comprehensive report in 2009 recommending 67 actions for the state to pursue in order to achieve “the greatest feasible reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while also providing the greatest possible long-term economic benefits to the citizens of New Hampshire.” Long will also serve on a team that will help to facilitate the implementation of the actions recommended by the report. To view the report, visit the NH Climate Action Plan page on the New Hampshire state website.

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