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SHELD – South Hadley Electric Light Department
(http://www.sheld.org/) phone 413-536-1050
Board Meeting 4th Thursday of the Month at 6:00 pm
Sustainability and Energy Commission (SEC)
Beacon Integrated Solutions – Beth Greenblatt
P.O. Box 320325
Boston, MA 02132
617-469-2172
advise to town of S. Hadley
Christopher Mason (christopher.mason@state.ma.us)
Western Regional Coordinator Green Communities Division
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
436 Dwight Street, Springfield, MA 01103
Cell: 617.823.4588
Climate Change Resiliency & Preparedness
Free Energy Audits SHELD call 888-333-7525
For Eversource Gas Customers Mass Save or call 866-527-7283 a new audit is available every 2 years
Green Communities Map and Past Grants – Mass Energy Insight – SB Meeting 3/22 on G. C.
S. H. Library has a Killowatt Meter for any plug in appliances.
Holyoke Gas and Electric on Energy
MA Climate Action Now MLP Evaluation – More
MA Municipal Light Plant 2021 Scorecard 22
Master-Plan Update-Adopted March-28, 2022
Number of SHELD ratepayers as of 2021 was about 8,000
RENEWABLE ENERGY TRUST — F A Q
SHELD Commercial Programs & Rebates 22
SHELD’s Connected Homes Program 22
SHELD Financial Statements and DPU Reports
SHELD meeting videos – Archives
SHELD NET METERING POLICY (As Amended 03/23/16) – NM is the amount credited to a PV owners bill for electricity not used in house during a month. Amended 7/2018 so only the fluctuating generation charge is credited to bill (about 6-7 cents/kwh it was about 13-15 cents/kwh)
SHELD’s Net Metering (Amended 7/2018)
SHELD Rebates – as of 2020 EVs and Chargers – (pg. bottom)
SHELD Residential Rates – 15 cents/kwh 2023
Solar PV Installs in South Hadley
South Hadley Construction Permits – Electrical Permits 22
South Hadley Conservation Commission
South Hadley Know Your Town
South Hadley Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program Listening Session
South Hadley Falls Development
South Hadley Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
South Hadley Reservation for Dump Here
South Hadley Town Office Phone Numbers
South Hadley Sustainability and Energy Commission (SEC) – SEC Meetings
Local Commissions Amherst Energy & Climate Action Committee 24 – Amherst Town Sustainability Dashboard 24 – Chicopee Energy Conservation 24 – Granby Energy Committee 24 – Holyoke Conservation & Sustainability 24 – Holyoke Gas and Electric Board of Commissioners 24 – Northampton Energy & Sustainability Commission 24
South Hadley Zoning on Solar – Bylaw – Bylaw SH Site
South Hadley Climate Change Resiliency & Preparednes
Stretch Energy Code (Mass) 22 – Stretch Code Adopted 2017
Sustainability & Energy Commission & Energy Saving Incentives 22
SHELD Contacts
Manager Sean Fitzgerald – sfitgerald@sheld.org
Commissioners
Ron Coutu – rcoutu@sheld.org
Paul Dobosh – pdobush@sheld.org
John Hine – jhine@sheld.org
Denise Presley – dpresley@sheld.org
Kurt Schenker – kschenker@sheld.org
Entire Light Board – board@sheld.org
Mount Holyoke College Solar Campaign – student run in 2012
MHC – Miller Worley Center for the Environment
MHC – on campus action
MHC – Olivia Aguilar – Video