Portsmouth Community Power FAQs
What is Community Power?
Community Power, authorized by NH RSA 53-E, allows local governments to procure electric power on behalf of their residents, businesses, and municipal accounts. Providing electricity supply involves being responsible for procuring electric generation (supply) to match customer loads (consumption) in real time – putting power into the grid to match what customers take out.
Community Power is also referred to as "Community Power Aggregation" (CPA) and as “Community Choice Aggregation” (CCA).