Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire

“Cpcnh is a new hampshire nonprofit corporation organized under nh rsa 292 operating as a governmental instrumentality of nh municipalities and counties pursuant to a joint powers agreement, exercising governmental authorities, under the provisions of nh rsa 53-a and 53-e:3, ii(b). All of its members are subdivisions of the state of new hampshire and have certain voting rights in membership meetings, including election of the board of directors from among the member representatives, which are appointed by the member municipal or county governing body.”

“Each member, which must be a nh county or municipality (village, town or city) has one vote in membership meetings to elect the board of directors of the corporation from among the primary and alternative member representatives, all of whom are appointed and subject to replacement by the governing body of the member (select board, town or city council, board of alderman, or county commissioners, as applicable).”

“SEE PART VI, 7A”

“All board members review the 990 at a board meeting or via e-mail prior to submission of the 990.”

“Over the course of 2022 the board of directors worked on developing and adopting the conflict of interest policy, which elaborated on a basic policy in the corporate by-laws. General counsel explained the policy on several occasions to directors and the board voted to approve it in june 2022. (there were no employees in 2022.) directors are required to execute an acknowledgement that they have read, understand, and agree to abide by the policy. Potential violations of the policy are reported through committee chairs and the cpcnh chair to legal counsel who can reach out, investigate, and seek compliance with regard to any apparent violations of the policy.”

“Documents are available to the public via the organizations website.”

“The purpose of cpcnh is to promote the common good and general welfare by supporting the economic vitality and prosperity of local communities by enabling nh municipalities and counties to support and jointly exercise authorities related to electric power supply granted to them pursuant to nh rsa 33-b, nh rsa 53-e, nh rsa 53-f, and nh rsa 374-d (including by reference nh rsa 33), all in accordance with nh rsa 53-a; to assist member municipalities and counties in complying with the provisions of nh rsa 53-e in developing and implementing electric aggregation plans and programs known as community power aggregations to provide supportive services and technical assistance to member cpas and related public education and civic engagement, all pursuant to a joint powers agreement adopted under nh rsa 53-a.”

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