Nashua Energy Manager Honored With Energy Champion Award

NASHUA, NH — Nashua has a good reason to celebrate: Its energy manager was named the 2024 Young Professional Energy Champion during last week's New Hampshire Energy Week award ceremony.

Doria Brown, 29, is the state’s youngest municipal energy manager, serving as the City of
Nashua’s first-ever Energy Manager since 2019, the mayor's office said in a news release Monday.

In that time, she has helped spearhead the creation of the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire, making Nashua a founding member of the CPCNH, and bringing Community Power to Nashua’s residents.

"We're so pleased that Doria is getting the recognition she deserves with this honor,"
Mayor Jim Donchess said Monday. "Her work in energy efficiency improvements has made multiple significant impacts for Nashua residents — from reducing our energy bills via the Nashua Community Power initiative to integrating seven electric vehicles into the City fleet of buses and cars, including the first fully electric police animal control vehicle."

Doria also helped make improvements to buildings with solar panels and farms, Donchess said.

With its mission "rooted in four core principles: empowerment, equity, accessibility, and education," NH Energy Week is organized by state energy partners and is dedicated to advancing a sustainable and equitable energy future for the Granite State.

Its Champion Awards recognize leaders and organizations advancing New Hampshire's energy
goals, honoring individuals and entities that make exceptional contributions to the state’s
energy future.