Our Town Energy Choice (Fuel division of Our Town Consumers Choice) was founded in November, 1999 by the Barrafords as a community service for senior citizens.  Those 74 members told all their friends and neighbors and we had almost 1000 members by the end of 1999. Our Town Publishing paid all the mailing, secretarial and phone costs for 1999 members. It was wholly supported and managed by the Barrafords and Our Town Publishing.

 In 2000, we made the organization independent of the publishing company. From the 74 original members it’s grown to its present membership of 7000 plus households, schools, towns and businesses in 2005 through “word of mouth”. In 2005, we purchased the Energy Alliance of NH, another fuel membership group when its founder, Wayne Mock, decided to retire. We ran both groups independently for two years until deciding this year that merging the two groups would be more efficient and give us better buying power.

Our new Website that combines both groups, and is far advanced from the old, amateur Website put together by Dan Barraford using Microsoft Front Page in 1999. The new site was designed by Diane Kolifrath, a longtime member. It allows members to view and edit their accounts in password protected secure areas.

A Note on Rate Changes:
While we strive to keep membership rates as low as possible, we have had to find a common pricing structure between the two entities, Energy Alliance and Our Town Energy. In an effort to incorporate the best of both worlds, and to meet the requirements of our operating costs, we have determined the following new pricing structure:

Most members will pay the same as they paid last year. A few will pay more, a few will pay less.

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