Monadnock Ledger-Transcript | March 31, 2021
“The first thing to point out is that the warrant creates a goal, not a mandate,” MacStay said, reading from a statement prepared by the lead petitioners for Article 11. There are no legal penalties for falling short of the renewable energy goal: “If you are found burning propane in 2051, no one will bundle you into an electric vehicle and transport you [and cleanly] out of town,” the petitioner’s statement said, but such a commitment reduces energy costs, keeps energy dollars local, increases grid resilience to weather interruptions, and addresses the global climate crisis."
