Peabody Green Community Update
It took the City awhile to gain Green Community status. In April, Peabody received $271,500 that must be spent before applications for grant funds can be submitted. The next…
Will it make you happy?
https://youtu.be/O3qca_ZEokk It was unusual from the start - a special public meeting of the Peabody Municipal Light Commission at 10am on a Friday with the 2025 Budget the only item…
ISO-NE
Our grid operator @ISONewEngland claims to be increasing accessibility for ratepayers, but is holding their ONE annual public board meeting at a hotel where @uniteherelocal26 workers are calling for a…
What’s so exciting about IUI?
by S. M. Smoller PMLP Manager Joe Anastasi and the Peabody Municipal Light Commission were excited by the Inclusive Utility Investment (IUI) program presented on Sept. 26 by Ashley Muspratt,…
Decarbonize the Peak
by S. M. Smoller The EEA Office of Energy Transformation recently launched an effort to plan for the decarbonization of peaker plants. As the state transitions to an electrified energy…
PMLP’s Customer Forum morphs format
by S. M. Smoller I recently submitted this question to the online PMLP Energy Awareness Forum: "Please tell us more about your plans to add solar panels to your property…
A future of community benefits agreements?
Looking back on what led to the Peabody peaker - the creation of new fossil fuel infrastructure starting in 2015, it was the siting process that irked me most. How…
Massachusetts: Stop “Project Maple”
Take this quick action to help! For Massachusetts elected officials:» Sign on letter link you can send to elected officials» Sample email you can send to elected officials, requesting they sign (sign on link…
Peakers on Pulaski Street in Peabody
It’s been nearly a decade since SP2015A entered our purview. While in the early days there wasn’t much information, we now have a boatload of info about MMWEC’s new…