The Board meets on the first and third Monday of each month. Meetings begin at 1:00 p.m. and are held in the department conference room at 65 Lafayette Ave, Littleton. Board meetings are open to the public and time is allotted for public comments at each meeting.
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The regularly scheduled business meeting of the Littleton Water and Light (LWL) Board of Commissioners (BOC) began at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 02, 2025, in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Peter Cooper, Commissioner Ralph Ross, Commissioner Linda MacNeil, and CEO Lori Hogan.
Public in attendance – Robert Kesle & Ken Stambler of Energy New England (ENE)
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of August 18, 2025, regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed. Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to accept the minutes as amended, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
APPOINTMENTS:
Reviewed presentation by ENE for portfolio management and power supply consulting. ENE has approximately 45 municipal utilities in their portfolio from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont & Rhode Island. They discussed their portfolio management process which includes layered energy procurement strategies, credit monitoring, contract billing management and ISO review.
Procurement is a focus of management, and we would like to be more strategic in our process. ENE aggregates their customers’ needs quarterly and then posts for bid to pre-approved participants. Due to the aggregated volumes the price tends to be more favorable and can provide a more layered approach in a larger 5-year window.
They discussed the roles of each department and what services would be available a la carte. The monthly costs are based on load and is proposed at $4,000 per month for the first two years. All services will be available but can be used and adopted at LWL discretion.
Mrs. Hogan expressed her comfort with ENE and received excellent references from NextEra which is our largest relationship. Additionally, we have not had a signed agreement with Daymark for more than 10 years. The old agreement stated 30 days written notice.
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS:
Mrs. Hogan requested additional time to research Mr. Simon’s request and identify the abatement to ensure this is not duplicated.
Mrs. Hogan noted that she reviewed the electric meter issue at
Mr. Marvin’s campground with Justen just prior to his departure. Mr. Elliott believes that the meters will be returned, and credit will be provided to offset against the primary meters that will need to be purchased. Mr. Elliott’s initial estimate is roughly $5,000 for the completion of the project but will write up a final estimate upon his return on September 29th. In the interim Mrs. Hogan will provide an update to Mr. Marvin.
OPERATIONS MANAGER:
None
CEO & TREASURER:
Mrs. Hogan noted that the Power Purchase Agreement and the Interconnection Agreement with Kearsarge for the solar project are both with Primmer Piper for legal review. We anticipate comments by end of week.
Mrs. Hogan was contacted by National Grid in relation to the primary Transmission Agreement recorded with ISO-NE is expiring on December 31, 2025. There have been some changes that need to be reflected in the new agreement, we’ll work through the specifics and provide a draft to the Commissioners.
We are in the process of updating some additional DES required documents. The site survey will be conducted in the last week of October, and the Emergency Plan is due to DES in March 2026. We are working on updates and will provide final version to the Commissioners when available.
Mrs. Hogan outlined the issues with the NextEra capacity agreement for 2024 & 2025. This issue is still being reviewed and discussed with NextEra, but we are getting much closer to a final number due back to Littleton.
Mrs. Hogan announced that Mrs. Tolatta will be starting on September 15th but will be working two days a week for 4 weeks training on payroll and accounts payable and will start full-time on October 20, 2025. Commissioner MacNeil asked if we could do a quick introduction at our next meeting.
GENERAL / OTHER BUSINESS
Street Light Project - Mrs. Hogan noted that this project was completed and looks much better than anticipated. We did hear some feedback wondering why the decorative poles were not used and why the poles were not relocated off the sidewalk. We did explain that this is another temporary fix, and the full resolution is to be done by the State DOT but we had to address the safety aspect now before there was a serious issue.
This week we’ll start locating for the upcoming potholing project. We have scheduled the final week of potholing for the week of September 22, 2025. Inventory is being updated by Hazen, the update started in June and will be submitted for the due date of October 15, 2025. The cost of potholing will be covered by the grant that we received from DES.
Mrs. Hogan discussed the issues that remain at Bethlehem Hollow on the transmission line. We are reviewing these issues and will be addressed starting on Monday, September 8th.
Mrs. Hogan requested that we enter non-public session for reasons of personnel as allowed under RSA 91-A:3, II (a).
Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to enter non-public session for reasons listed in RSA 91-A:3 II (a), seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The roll call vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to exit non-public session, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The roll call vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to seal the minutes of the non-public session, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The roll call vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
Mrs. Hogan started a discussion to compare and contrast the services provided by Daymark with the proposal that we heard from ENE.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to approve the ENE agreement and for Mrs. Hogan to provide appropriate notice to Daymark at her discretion, seconded by Commissioner MacNeil.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
The next meeting will be held on Monday, September 15, 2025.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
The regularly scheduled Commissioner’s meeting is held twice monthly on the first and third Monday, at 1:00 p.m., in the Department’s conference room.