Research snapshot · Energy · 31 August 2026

Solar and renewables in New Hampshire: 27 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 63 dated municipal records flagged as solar and renewables in New Hampshire, spanning 27 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Hampton, 6 August 2007. Since then 27 New Hampshire towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Keene on 25 June 2026.

The last 90 days put 6 meetings on the record, well down from 19 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Planning Board, Energy Committee and Board of Selectmen.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202511
Dec 2025 to Feb 20262113
Mar 2026 to May 20262012
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)64

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Dec 2025 to Feb 2026, with 21 meetings.

The towns on the record27, earliest first

Every New Hampshire town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Hamptonearliest 2007-08-06 · 1 meeting · latest 2007-08-06 · the agenda 08-06-07 BOS Agenda (PDF)
Marlboroughearliest 2020-03-02 · 2 meetings · latest 2024-11-13 · the document Selectmen — 2024-11-13 bos meeting minutes
Lebanonearliest 2020-06-18 · 1 meeting · latest 2020-06-18 · the agenda Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee
Doverearliest 2023-01-01 · 2 meetings · latest 2023-01-01 · the document PA-29 Fillable Permanent Application for Property Tax Credits/Exemptions
Hanoverearliest 2023-09-12 · 4 meetings · latest 2026-05-13 · the agenda 05/13/2026 Sustainable Hanover - Energy
Strathamearliest 2024-01-09 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-03-10 · the minutes Energy Commission — Approved SEC Minutes March 10 2026
Canterburyearliest 2025-01-14 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-08-10 · the agenda 2026-08-10 Energy Committee Agenda
Barringtonearliest 2025-04-21 · 4 meetings · latest 2025-08-28 · the minutes Minutes — Conservation Commission
Rindgeearliest 2025-11-19 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-01-07 · the minutes Board Of Selectmen — 01.07.2026 BOS minutes
Candiaearliest 2026-01-07 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-01-07 · the minutes Minutes — Planning Commission
Plaistowearliest 2026-01-07 · 6 meetings · latest 2026-05-06 · the agenda Energy Committee/Community Power Committee
Weareearliest 2026-01-21 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-21 · the minutes Minutes — Energy Commission
Bristolearliest 2026-01-28 · 11 meetings · latest 2026-06-24 · the agenda Planning Board Workshop Meeting
Hollisearliest 2026-01-28 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-06-04 · the minutes Minutes — Historic District Commission
Sanborntonearliest 2026-01-28 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-03-17 · the minutes Minutes — Historic District Commission

And 12 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

10 August 2026 · Canterbury

the agenda, on the town's own site 2026-08-10 Energy Committee Agenda

25 June 2026 · Keene

the document, on the town's own site 2026_05_20_HDC_Minutes_Adopted

24 June 2026 · Bristol Planning Board

the agenda, on the town's own site Planning Board Workshop Meeting

4 June 2026 · Hollis Historic District Commission

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes — Historic District Commission

Companies on this record152 companies, 49 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
EversourceBarrington, Berlin, Candia and 4 more
Clean Energy NHBarrington, Berlin, Boscawen and 1 more
CPCNHHanover, Kensington, Stratham
NHSavesHanover, Kensington, Weare
UnitilBarrington, Danville, Stratham
Algonquin Power & UtilitiesBow, Hanover
Eversource EnergyBow, Candia
Kearsarge EnergyDanville, Milton
C-pacer programBristol, Hanover
Community Power New HampshireKensington, Lebanon
DuBois & KingChester, Marlborough
NHDESBarrington, Danville
NHMAPlaistow, Stratham
SELTBarrington, Stratham
ArchibaldBristol
AvangridRindge
AvitarRindge
ComcastChester
Congregational Church of HollisHollis
Franklin-Verra & Associates, Inc.Candia
London Bridge South, Inc.Candia
Resilience Planning and DesignBristol
Sargent Meadows, LLCBarrington
Shawn E. Reed Family Revocable TrustCandia
Weston & SamsonMilton
ABENAKI WATER COMPANYBow
actuarial companyGoffstown
Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS)Stratham
AES Corporation (AES)Stratham
Airgas (AIQUY)Stratham

And 122 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 59 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Solar and renewables, New Hampshire

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

New Hampshire

every topic this state carries

Area

Energy

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

27

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

6 August 2007

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

6 against 19 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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