A few updates from the island towns regarding Energy Transformation projects and initiatives:
- The town of Aquinnah has adopted the Specialized Code and will also be part of the 10 town pilot project to test the idea of all-electric for new construction and major renovations.
- The West Tisbury School is installing four Level 2 EV charging ports, Chilmark has moved their Level 3 charger to the new Emergency Building where they have two Level 2 EV charging ports, and the new Tisbury School will have chargers.
- The School Department has 2 electric buses and is seeking EPA funding for more.
- The Towns of Aquinnah and Chilmark got a federal technical assistance grant to design microgrids with solar and batteries for their town center buildings that are critical to have operational in times of power failure.
- The MVC and down-island towns got a grant from the same federal program to develop strategies for increased resilience of the down-island water departments.
- Edgartown received a technical assistance opportunity to look at a microgrid for their police and fire stations.
