Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, Dec. 12
- Affordable Housing Trust, 9 a.m.
- Nauset Regional School Committee Communications Subcommittee, 9 a.m.
- District Wellness Advisory Committee, 3:30 p.m., Nauset Admin. Building
- Nauset Regional School Committee Building Use Subcommittee, 6:30 p.m., Nauset Admin. Building
Monday, Dec. 16
- Search Committee, 10 a.m.
- Select Board, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
- Zoning Task Force, 10 a.m.
- Historical Commission, 10:30 a.m., Public Library
- Board of Library Trustees, 3 p.m., Public Library
- Strategic Planning Committee, 3 p.m.
- Elementary School Committee, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 18
- Climate Action Committee, 8:30 a.m.
- Open Space Committee, 2:30 p.m.
- Planning Board, 5 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 19
- Council on Aging, 9 a.m.
- Board of Health, 3 p.m.
- Finance Committee, 4 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Bricked Chargers
The eight electric vehicle charging stations at Eastham’s public buildings — four at town hall and four at the library — are likely down for good, according to energy and climate action committee chair Tom McNellis.
The company that operated the charging stations — Enel X Way North America, a subsidiary of the Italian energy company Enel X — shut down the software that manages payments and charging sessions on Oct. 11, rendering them permanently unusable, or “bricked.”
The company announced the change on Oct. 2, citing high interest rates and the lack of a “retail electricity customer base” as its reasons.
There is still hope for electric vehicle users, McNellis told his committee, because the town has received a grant through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program to install four new chargers at town hall.
“The state hopes to have that done by the end of the year,” McNellis said, although he does not expect that timeline to be met.
The four chargers at the library are in limbo, McNellis said. While some companies have claimed they could bring Enel X’s chargers back online using their own software, such a solution “probably isn’t a great idea,” he said.
Committee member Mike Sarcione said that zero emissions transportation remains important but that the bricked chargers and the new administration in Washington, D.C. worried him.
“What happens after Jan. 20 is anybody’s guess,” Sarcione said. “It’ll be interesting.” —Parker Mumford
