Heat-Pump Rebates and Your Electric Bill
NHSaves — Heat Pump Rebates
The joint program of Eversource, Liberty and Unitil. Rebate amounts, the qualified-products list, and the application. If Eversource bills you, this is your program.
New Hampshire Electric Co-op
Serves much of Moultonborough, Sandwich, Holderness, Tuftonboro, Ossipee, Barnstead and parts of other Lakes Region towns, with its own heat-pump rebate program separate from NHSaves.
Eversource New Hampshire
The investor-owned utility for most of Laconia, Gilford, Meredith, Belmont, Tilton, Franklin and the western Lakes Region. Rates, outage map, and the link into NHSaves.
NH Department of Energy
Consumer information, the utility-by-town service list, and the state’s energy-assistance programs. Useful when you are not sure which utility a property is on.
Mold, Wood Smoke and Indoor Air
EPA — Mold, Moisture and Your Home
The plain-language federal guide to what mold does, who is sensitive to it, the 30–50% humidity target, and when a problem is bigger than a cleaning.
EPA Burn Wise
Burning cleaner with a wood or pellet stove — which cuts the soot that ends up on your mini-split coil. Includes the health basics on wood-smoke particulate.
NH Department of Environmental Services
Air quality forecasts, the state’s wood-stove and outdoor-boiler rules, and shoreland regulations for lakefront properties.
ENERGY STAR — Maintenance Checklist
The federal checklist for heating and cooling upkeep: monthly filters, why dirty coils cost money, and what a plugged condensate drain does to a wall.
Short-Term Rental Owners
NH Department of Revenue Administration — Meals & Rentals Tax
Operator licensing and the rooms-and-meals tax that applies to short-term rentals, plus the record-retention rules. Keep your service records with the tax records.
Lakes Region Planning Commission
The regional planning body. Town-by-town housing data, the seasonal-home share, and where to find each town’s short-term-rental ordinance as they change.
Lake Associations
If you own on the water, these are the groups watching the water. Several run the boat-inspection, milfoil and water-quality programs, and their newsletters are the best early warning on shoreland rule changes.
Lake Winnipesaukee Association
Water quality and watershed work for the big lake — Laconia, Gilford, Meredith, Moultonborough, Wolfeboro, Alton, Tuftonboro, Center Harbor.
Squam Lakes Association
Holderness, Sandwich, Center Harbor, Moultonborough and Ashland shorelines on Squam and Little Squam.
Newfound Lake Region Association
Bristol, Bridgewater and the Newfound watershed — one of the cleanest lakes in the state and a very active association.
Chambers and Community
Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce
The regional chamber — member directory for local trades and services, events, and the visitor side of the region.
State of New Hampshire
The front door to every state agency, including the Fire Marshal’s guidance on wood-stove installation and clearances.