NO MEETING - for MEAC/MCPC Meeting - 7 September 2023

[Mike Thornton]

Ms. Tina Philbrick

Executive Assistant 

Milford Board of Selectmen 

Milford Town Administrator 

Ms. Tina;

NO MEETING for the Energy Advisory Committee / Community Power Committee 7 September 2023.  The Request for Proposals has been issued; our Standard Power of America & Good Energy contractor team is awaiting responses.  I will advise you all of the meeting date upon receiving notification of activity.

Thanks kindly,

p.s. this is going to be our agenda when we do receive word of activity taking place; thereby allowing us to move forward on our timetable.

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          Milford Energy Advisory

                                -&-  

         Milford Community Power       

                         Committee 

Regular Meeting

DATE:    Thursday, [¿  ?] September 2023 

TIME:     5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

PLACE: Milford Police Department Training Room, 

                19 Garden Street, Milford, NH 03055

Members:

Mr. Paul Dargie [Selectmen’s Representative]

Mr. John Yule 

Mr. Rob Costantino 

Mr. Scott Lawrence [Secretary]

Mr. Eric Fischer [FISCH]

Mr. Mike Thornton [Chair]

1st Alternate: open

2nd Alternate: open 

Guests:

Mr. Lincoln Daley, Milford Town Administrator 

AGENDA

1. Call to Order 
2. Pledge of Allegiance 
3. Introduction of Members and Guests 

   OLD BUSINESS:

1. Background:  on Wednesday, 16 August 2023, Standard Power of America (SPoA) received the randomized billing information from Eversource.  This is the information for which the SPoA & Good Energy team had been waiting.  Now they will be able to issue detailed Requests for Proposal [RFP] to satisfy the requirements of Milford’s citizens and small businesses not already under contract with second party suppliers.

SPoA will brief our members about their progress 

         on this request for proposals and our 

         responsibilities under RSA 53 - E: 6 & 7

We MEAC & MCPC members need to be able to 

         answer questions and assist with the required 

         Public Hearings and Training process.  Due to the 

         expected number of people who have expressed 

         interest and concerns, we will definitely require the 

         Auditorium for a lunch time Public Hearing/Training 

         and an evening Public Hearing/Training to fulfill our 

         legal responsibilities.  

         [  ]  Set specific dates for Public Hearings/Training      

                 in the Auditorium

         [  ]  Confirm dates with Ms. Tina Philbrick 

NEW BUSINESS:  Recruiting 

OTHER:

ADJOURNMENT:   6:      p.m.

Respectfully;

[Mike Thornton]

Ms. Tina Dishong                                  Ms. Tina Philbrick 

Administrative Assistant III.               Executive Assistant 

Milford Police Department                 Board of Selectmen 

19 Garden Street                                   Town Administrator 

Milford, NH 03055                                Milford Town Hall 

                                                                    1 Union Square 

                                                                    Milford, NH 03055

Ms. Tina & Ms. Tina;

I’m sorry, believe I may have misunderstood that other illustrative Tina: Ms. Tina Philbrick.  I thought she had said we were booked for every Thursday from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. through the end of this year.  Apologies for my error.

Due to the nature of our Committee, being the first of its kind and the Legislature just finishing their work to enable town electrical energy aggregators to operate {RSA 53-E}, we have had no reason to meet of late or until bids are received.  Even our planned 7 September slipped.

Our contractors have published their Requests for Proposal and we expect responses quite soon but just do not know when.  This is most frustrating for us on our Committee and for Milford’s Townspeople who voted for lower electrical power supply costs through our work.

Once the bids have been received, we will need to take immediate action to meet our demand for Public Hearings and Training Sessions (in the Town Hall Auditorium - I will schedule with the other Ms. Tina).

For the immediate future, is it possible to reserve Thursday from 

5:30 - 6:30 p.m., please?  Thereafter, we will have a much more stable Committee workflow and expect to meet no more than twice each month [1st and 3rd Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.] if those days and times are available, please.

We are the newest Committee and, while we had a very busy workload at first, the current forced interlude is galling we’er eager to help deliver lower cost electrical power supplies to Milford’s ratepayers.

I’d welcome your suggestions and act accordingly.

Thxxx kindly,

On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 11:02 Tina Dishong <tdis...@milford.nh.gov> wrote:

Good Morning Mike,

 

I don’t believe I had notice of the Sept. 7^th meeting date. The attached list is all I have, with last meeting scheduled for July 27^th.

 

Do you have an updated list of proposed meeting dates you could forward so that I can reserve the room for you?

 

Thank you very much.

 

Tina Dishong

Administrative Asst III

Milford Police Dept.

19 Garden Street

Milford, NH 03055

PH: (603) 249-0630 ext. 302

Fax: (603) 672-6025

 

From: Tina Philbrick <tphil...@milford.nh.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 4:14 PM
To: Tina Dishong <tdis...@milford.nh.gov>
Subject: FW: NO MEETING - for MEAC/MCPC Meeting - 7 September 2023

 

fyi

The Right to Know Law (RSA 91-A) provides that town email communications regarding the business of the Town of Milford are governmental records which may be available to the public upon request. Therefore, this email communication may be subject to public disclosure.

[Tina Philbrick]

You were only booked into September.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 6, 2023, at 5:26 PM, Mike Thornton <mikelt...@gmail.com> wrote:



Ms. Tina Dishong                                  Ms. Tina Philbrick 

Administrative Assistant III.               Executive Assistant 

Milford Police Department                 Board of Selectmen 

19 Garden Street                                   Town Administrator 

Milford, NH 03055                                Milford Town Hall 

                                                                    1 Union Square 

                                                                    Milford, NH 03055

Ms. Tina & Ms. Tina;

I’m sorry, believe I may have misunderstood that other illustrative Tina: Ms. Tina Philbrick.  I thought she had said we were booked for every Thursday from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. through the end of this year.  Apologies for my error.

Due to the nature of our Committee, being the first of its kind and the Legislature just finishing their work to enable town electrical energy aggregators to operate {RSA 53-E}, we have had no reason to meet of late or until bids are received.  Even our planned 7 September slipped.

Our contractors have published their Requests for Proposal and we expect responses quite soon but just do not know when.  This is most frustrating for us on our Committee and for Milford’s Townspeople who voted for lower electrical power supply costs through our work.

Once the bids have been received, we will need to take immediate action to meet our demand for Public Hearings and Training Sessions (in the Town Hall Auditorium - I will schedule with the other Ms. Tina).

For the immediate future, is it possible to reserve Thursday from 

5:30 - 6:30 p.m., please?  Thereafter, we will have a much more stable Committee workflow and expect to meet no more than twice each month [1st and 3rd Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.] if those days and times are available, please.

We are the newest Committee and, while we had a very busy workload at first, the current forced interlude is galling we’er eager to help deliver lower cost electrical power supplies to Milford’s ratepayers.

I’d welcome your suggestions and act accordingly.

Thxxx kindly,

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The Right to Know Law (RSA 91-A) provides that town email communications regarding the business of the Town of Milford are governmental records which may be available to the public upon request. Therefore, this email communication may be subject to public disclosure.