The consultant, Peregrine Energy Co., is being paid through a $15,000 grant awarded to the town in December. Peregrine consultants will work with staff and the clean energy committee to develop a 3- to 5-year energy-savings plan.

Assistant Town Manager Derrik Kennedy said the plan "will be something the town will refer back to before all major projects."

Clean energy committee Chairwoman Melissa Everett said Tuesday that the two workshops, scheduled for this month on dates still to be announced, will be "a deliberate, well-informed, fast-tracked process" toward an energy-savings plan.

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Everett said the committee will work with the consultant on ways to effectively communicate energy-saving methods with the community and ways to make energy-saving alternatives, like solar, more accessible to residents.

"We're also getting the best possible picture about how the town currently uses energy and building on that foundation," Everett said. "We want to determine the biggest users of energy, the biggest opportunities for upgrades, the age of public buildings' roofs and where to include energy-saving options when town buildings need repair."

Everett said towns often use energy plans to make sure they are getting the best prices for utilities, as well as "making sure they qualify for all the best grants and loans" and that "policies don't get in the way of energy-saving options."

Councilman Tom Arnone, who serves as a town council liaison to the committee, said the plan would "put the town in the right direction to spend the money in the right places."

The committee's meetings are open to the public, but there will not be an opportunity for public comment.

Everett said meeting dates will be announced after this weekend on the committee's website, enfieldcleanenergy.net.

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