HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - AEC - 01/11/2016 Meeting Minutes Alternative Energy Committee
Town Hall Basement Conference Room, 7:30 p.m., 1/11/2016
AEC Attendees
Shaun Selha, Chair (by phone)
Mary Jo Larson, Vice Chair
Marie Caristi
Patricia Gooding
Steve Wenner
Andrew Muir
David Eisenhaure
Steve Girard i
Eric Seuss
Josiah Stevenson
Other Attendees
Jeanne Astino (School Committee)
Amanda Thompson (Cohasset Mariner)
Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes for December 2015 were approved as noted, revised and forwarded to Ron
Menard (rmenard@cohassetma.org)
Green Communities Application
The town has applied and been approved as a green community and has a grant for $141,460.
Application on how to spend this money is due January 22, 2016. The plan is to improve
lighting at the Middle/High School, Osgood, Deer Hill, DPW Facility and the Teen Center; to
install a variable speed drive at the police station and to install destratification fans at the High
School Gym.
Palmer Capital Old Landfill PV Array Development
The town needs to merge the three parcels of land at the landfill site.
Old Landfill Closure Permit Status
Closure permit was not on the January 7 Conservation Commission agenda. The next two
meetings are on January 21 and February 11.
Eric Seuss agreed to check when this will be heard at the Con. Com.
Energy Conservation Measure Implementation
ECM's complete at Schools (BTU's) and the Library (lighting)
Streetlight Procurement and Conversion
National Grid still has not completed the reconciliation (street light number and cost credit for
overbilling) or provided the Town with a price.
Chris Senior sent the notice and demand letters on the Streetlight reconciliation and purchase to
National Grid. No response at this date.
LED retrofit will be pushed to 2017 so the town can apply for an additional $250,000 in Green
Community Grants this fall.
New Business
As a Green Community, the town must document energy use and appoint someone to learn the
system. 90% of information is automatically updated and 10%, the gas/diesel delivery, is
manually updated.
Patricia Gooding is the only one who has learned the system and recently requested a meeting
with Ron Menard (CIO) and she awaits his response.
The board agreed an employee of the town should be responsible and accountable for the
system input as it is required to keep our energy use documented.
AEC will request Chris Senior to attend next meeting to discuss process.
Next Meeting
Monday, February 22, 2016