Green Committee
Members
Stu Besnoff (Chair), term expires 2024
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Jan Bradley, term expires 2023
Holly Higinbotham, term expires 2024
Bob Meyers, term expires 2022
Marnie Meyers, term expires 2022
Meetings
Meetings posted at Town Offices
Apppointed by Select Board for 3 year terms
Description
Members of the Windsor Green Committee are appointed by the Select Board to help improve the environmental sustainability of activity in the Town of Windsor. This includes residential, commercial, and municipal property. Committee actions include:
Outreach and education to town residents and businesses,
Application for higher level government grant programs,
Work with town departments to improve energy efficiency,
Maximize the benefit of renewable energy for municipal and private property.
Windsor - A Green Community
As an active green community, Windsor is positioned to receive substantial grants towards addressing environmental and energy efficiency issues. Windsor is among 280 Massachusetts communities committed to finding clean energy solutions that reduce long-term energy costs and strenghten our local economies.
Information
Homeowners with grid tied photovoltaic arrays (i.e., "solar") are invited to send their meter readings to the Green Committee to be included in this chart, with data from other residents. This chart [spreadsheet] calculates what portion of electricity used in your home is from your array.
Municipal Aggregation Plan
We are working on developing a Municipal Aggregation Plan, which would authorize Windsor to aggregate the electrical load of consumers located within its borders in order to procure a competitive price for electricity. Please consider sending a letter to the state Department of Public Utilities supporting our request.
Draft letter [Word format], [PDF format]
4/20/23 Update In the time since we promoted our letter writing campaign to the Department of Public Utilities; Governor Healy has appointed three new commissioners. This is exciting news because all three have strong environmental backgrounds. If you have sent letters previously; we request that you include these new commissioners as soon as an email address is made available. If you have yet to send letters; please do so and include these new commissioners to your recipient list.
Three new commissioners at the Department of Public Utilities:
Jamie VanNostrand starts on 5/1/23. It is thought that his address will be: Jamie.VanNostrand@mass.gov
Staci Rubin started on 4/10 but her email is not yet up, We think it will be: Staci.Rubin@mass.gov
Cecile Fraser has been active and can be reached at: Cecile.Fraser@mass.gov
We will update this information as soon as we know more. Thank you for your involvement in this issue.
Agendas and Minutes
Green Committee agendas
Green Committee minutes