Why you want to serve on the NHEC Board of Directors:

When you first elected me in 2020, I promised to leverage my experience as a utility consumer advocate and regulator to prioritize Reliability, Affordability, and Broadband expansion. I have delivered on those promises.

Affordability: Despite rapidly rising equipment costs, our inflation-adjusted distribution rates are lower today than in 2020. This year, we kept rate increases to a minimum and successfully reduced the monthly residential fixed charge by 16%. NHEC energy rates consistently remain lower than those of neighboring utilities and competitive suppliers. My commitment to fiscal responsibility is further demonstrated by my work as Chair of the Benton Selectboard, which has the lowest municipal tax rate in New Hampshire.

Reliability: We haven’t sacrificed service for savings. Since tree-related outages are our biggest challenge, we doubled our annual tree-trimming budget since 2020. We have consistently funded more reliability investments, including new substations and devices to help us restore power faster than ever.

Broadband: Since 2020, we have installed over 3,000 miles of high-speed fiber, providing access to over 40,000 member locations. We have aggressively
secured federal grants to further this effort, and I was instrumental in winning a landmark $50 million grant.

My duties as Board Chair included managing the CEO transition, which led to the excellent selection of Michael Jennings as NHEC’s CEO.

I offer the hardworking, knowledgeable leadership needed to advance our goals of affordability, reliability, and broadband over the next three years.

I respectfully ask for your vote.

Learn more at DarcyforNHEC.com or contact me at wrdarcy@gmail.com.