Energy Committee

AMESBURY CITY HALL 62 Friend Street Amesbury, MA 01913 Amesbury Energy Committee MEETING MINUTES September 9, 2021 @ 6pm This meeting was held virtually. Dial in: +1 (872) 240-3412 - One-touch: tel: +18722403412,,417717229# In attendance: Tony Rinaldi, Michael Hogg, Nancy Maynes, Mike Browne, Jon Camp, Angela Cleveland, Nate Mallard 1. Call to Order (Tony Rinaldi) at 6:05pm 2. Minutes from July 8, 2021. Michael made a motion to approve the minutes, Nancy seconded. Motion passed. 3. Public Comment. None 4. Communications. Email from John Milne asking about hydropower. Angie told him that he is welcome to come to a meeting in November, after the election. 5. New Business  Energy Awareness month: Jon suggested weekly posts on the Facebook page over the month. Nate has a link on how to operate a heat pump. Perhaps members can take a week or develop one post each? Nate will create the first post for October 1st. Mike can do something about HERS ratings. 3rd week could be about vehicles. 6. Projects  Green Communities Grant 1. Jon Camp - EV Vehicle research. Jon presented data from 2009 research he had con- ducted when applied to be a Green Community.  Municipal Aggregation (Tony Rinaldi) 1. The Public hear was on July 20th. The next step should be for the DPU to issue what they call Discovery, which is a bunch of questions on the City’s Plan. Colonial will prepare the answers for those and coordinate responses to the DPU via our attorney. Then, we wait for an Order but, as you know, that’s out of our hands. DPU Orders have been taking 18+ months lately but there’s always the hope that the DPU is able  to speed up the process and return to the days when Orders were issued in 6-9 months.  EV Charging Stations 1. Report on EV Station activity (Tony Rinaldi) – slight decrease in usage, but increase in revenue. 2. Sponsorships (Mike Browne, Nancy Maynes). Progress Report. Nancy sent out the latest version to people on September 8th. Angie will check with Procurement when the final versions are ready and then we can start marketing. 3. Wayfinding signs for EV stations. Stickers are purchased. Angie gave them to DPW to post on Parking signs downtown.  Streetlights (Angela Cleveland) Progress on our rebate? Angie will follow up with National Grid to see where our reimbursement is at. 7. Other Business 8. Motion to adjourn by Jon, seconded by Nancy. Adjourned at 7:14pm.