Please look for these notices or contact your utility company. It's important to be part of efforts like this. It says a lot about the community.

It is a new day for the town. But we do need to make this resolution come alive and that will take the towns people. This is just the beginning.

We're going into new territory in some ways. But for Branford this means we are taking seriously the need to move to the future and find new ways to get energy. Imagine the impact it would have for residents to see solar panels at the high school or on town hall.

The task force will open up a whole array of choices to save and conserve. We want to reach our goal of 20 percent by 2010.