Vital Communities staff offer consultation and networking support to Town Energy Committees and participate in state-wide and regional climate workgroups and support connections between statewide, regional, and local organizers.
Statewide and Regional Energy and Climate Organizations
Vital Communities participates in regional and state climate and energy networks, offering a bi-state, multi-program perspective and enabling staff to share and learn about needs related to the challenges we tackle. We also offer that perspective to networks primarily focused on food, housing, and transportation. For some of these networks, Vital Communities serves as convener or backbone organization, for some we serve on the leadership team, and for the remainder, we are active participants.
Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup
Vermont Energy & Climate Action Network (VECAN)
Vermont Energy Action Network (EAN)
Climate Action Office, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Clean Energy Communities Fund
New Hampshire Local Energy Solution
Northeast Climate Adaptation Professionals
Upper Valley Energy Advocacy Council
Vermont Transportation Efficiency Network
Town Energy Committees
Town Energy Committees bring together people who want to make a difference in matters of energy and climate. Upper Valley energy committees cut energy bills for our region’s towns, educate neighbors about energy saving opportunities, advocate for strong town and state public policies around clean energy and climate, and collaborate with other towns to make a region-wide impact. New England’s first town energy committees started in the Upper Valley more than 15 years ago, with new groups forming every year.
Contact Vital Communities at energy@vitalcommunities.org or 802-291-9100 x109. We’d love to help you:
- Join your local energy committee
- Collaborate with other energy committees
- Start a NEW energy committee
Vital Communities also offers free consultations and facilitation for new and existing energy committees, to help with group organization, goal setting, project prioritization, action planning, and more.