Town of Nantucket Energy Office

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On February 4, 2020, the Town of Nantucket was designated as a Massachusetts Green Community! The Green Community Designation and Grant Program provides a road map along with financial and technical support to municipalities that 1) pledge to cut municipal energy use by an ambitious and achievable goal of 20 percent over 5 years and 2) meet four other criteria established in the Green Communities Act. Learn more here...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 6:15pm! Anaerobic Digester Feasibility Study - Public Meeting; Click to learn more
This fall, the Energy Office initiated and managed a municipal solar procurement, which included a prioritized list of municipal sites most feasible for solar development, including the Public Safety Facility, DPW Compound, Schools, Wannacommet Water Co. Milestone Road property, Airport and the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Plant. Learn more here...
September 1, 2019: Energy Stretch Code Takes Effect! Click for Notice.
Did you know, the island's peak load demand spiked to an all-time high of 49.3MW on 7/21/2019 at 5:30pm?

Energy Storage:
Biggest Battery In New England Is Unveiled In Nantucket!

Green Communities:

Town a "Green Community." Inquirer & Mirror. 12 March 2020.
"Town commits to reducing energy use." Inquirer & Mirror. 27 November 2019.
Bushard, Brian. "Article would designate island Green Community" Inquirer & Mirror. 21 February 2019.

SOLAR Rebate Program: Clemente, Elizabeth "Solar energy rebates available." Inquirer & Mirror. 6 July 2017.

HeatSmart Nantucket:

"Nantucket Tapped for Clean Energy Program." Genter, Ethan. (2017. November 16) Cape Cod Times
"Baker-Polito Administration Announces Seven Communities to Participate in Residential Clean Heating and Cooling Programs." Press Release (2017. November 15).

Municipal Aggregation:

"Town switching electricity supplier for all rate payers." The Inquirer & Mirror. 6 March 2017.
Sutters, Peter "Aggregation Could Lower Islanders' Electric Bills." The Inquirer & Mirror. 21 April 2016.
Turer, Matt "Opportunity to Lower Long Term Electric Rates." The Inquirer & Mirror. 14 January 2016.
Turer, Matt "Aggregation May Lower Electric Rates." The Inquirer & Mirror. 30 July 2015.

Offshore Wind: Cucuzzo, Rob "Leading the Charge: Can Nantucket Become 100% Self-Sufficient?" N Magazine. Stroll 2015 Edition.

Solar PV: Turer, Matt "Town Interested in Abandoned Airport Solar Project." The Inquirer & Mirror. 25 November 2015.

Deferring the Need for 3rd Undersea Cable:

Bushard, Brian "Select Board caves to National Grid": above ground wire installation approved. The Inquirer & Mirror. 26 January 2020
Turer, Matt "National Grid Exploring Need for Third Cable." The Inquirer & Mirror. 6 August 2015.

Hear Lauren Sinatra and George Aronson of the Town of Nantucket Energy Office discuss local energy challenges in Jason Graziadei's NPR piece "Keeping Nantucket Powered is a Challenge as Electricity Demand Rises"