The public has two more chances to weigh in on Concord’s plan to get all its energy from renewable sources by 2050.
The draft of Concord’s renewable energy plan calls for the city to gradually use more and more green energy sources for municipal operations as well as the entire Concord community. It will be presented to the Concord City Council in the summer.
The city’s Energy & Environment Committee will be holding two more public input sessions on the plan within the next week. The first will be on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Penacook Community Center on Community Driver. The second will take place on Monday at the City Council Chambers on Green Street from 6 to 8 p.m.
The plan calls for the city to use electricity generated only from renewable sources by 2030. It then sets goals to use renewable sources for thermal energy and transportation by 2050.
The city joined more than 70 other towns and cities in the U.S., as well as a handful of states, when the city council voted last summer to adopt a resolution setting the goal for the city to operate on 100% renewable energy by 2050.
That number has now grown to more than 100. New Mexico recently became the third state after California and Hawaii to implement a 100% renewable energy pledge.
The New Hampshire Legislative is considering a similar measure. A bill that would establish a committee to identify the requirements needed to commit New Hampshire to a goal of at least 50 percent renewable energy for electricity by 2040 was introduced this session.
HB 496 passed through the House with an amendment in March, and now resides in the Senate.
Those unable to make the sessions can also submit comments online.