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The West Hartford Clean Energy Task Force (WH-CETF) was created by Town Council in September 2005 to implement the town’s commitment to obtain 20% clean energy by the year 2010 and more broadly assist the town on energy-related matters. Our Task Force is comprised of volunteers, town employees, and town council members who work together to make West Hartford a cleaner and greener town and is always looking for new members to help us achieve our goals.
How to Get Involved - Join us! Come to our next meeting to see what this is all about. Email WH-CETF@yahoogroups.com to be added to our group and find out about our next meeting. We generally meet every month at Town Hall.
Other Meetings & Interesting Events
Current Projects
- Increasing the number of residents and businesses signing up for the CTCleanEnergyOptions program to earn town schools free solar power systems (Check out our progress.)
- Encouraging residents to sign up for Home Energy Solutions in-home efficiency program
- Helping the Town implement the 2009 Comprehensive Energy Plan
- Expanding the 2009 Comprehensive Energy Plan to cover the greater West Hartford community - residents, businesses, and other institutions.
Support Clean Energy
We appreciate your interest in supporting clean energy locally! You now have the power to sign up for clean energy for your own home. For a small additional monthly charge of $0.0099/kWh (or approximately $4 to $8 per month for an average customer), you can support regional wind, solar, and biomass projects.
As a reward, for every 100 households that sign up for clean energy in West Hartford, the town receives 1 kilowatt worth of FREE solar from the state Clean Energy Fund!
When you sign up for the CTCleanEnergyOptions program your electricity will work the same as it always has and you will still receive your electric bill from CL&P. The only difference is that you will be helping renewable energy companies build more clean energy, you will directly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases power plants are allowed to emit, and you will bring us closer to clean air and energy independence.
For every 100 sign-ups for clean energy, West Hartford earns a solar panel array for a town building worth about $8,000! So far, we have installed small solar systems on Town Hall, Conard and Hall High Schools and plan to install the next system on Wolcott Elementary School. Help us earn a larger system for Wolcott by signing up for clean energy!
Mayor and students in front of Conard solar array.
Signing up is easy. Visit www.CTCleanEnergyOptions.com to learn more about your options (Community Energy and Northeast Clean Power) and sign up online. When filling out the online form, be sure to mention “West Hartford Clean Energy Task Force” for the question “How did you hear about us?”
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