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”
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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…
Officials won’t say how often new peaker runs
Salem News, Caroline Enos, Aug. 15, 2024, Page 1 PEABODY — A controversial 60 megawatt peaker plant is now online on Pulaski Street. But developers behind the $85 million plant…
The Peabody peaker power plant is seen in October 2023. The plant is expected to come online in 2024.
New Peabody ‘peaker’ power plant prepares to go online less green than promised
BCNS was interviewed by Sophie Hartley and Hannah Richter, graduate students at MIT, last Fall.. This story is a collaboration between GBH News and an investigative journalism class at MIT’s Graduate Program…
Peabody is lucky to have Mark Dullea. BCNS supports his suggestions for a sustainable future. Can you help?
Peabody: Green Communities and Beyond 5/16/24 by Mark Dullea If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re someone who is concerned about the earth’s rising temperature and all…
Peabody is part of this ‘First-in-kind’ Massachusetts program to introduce grid-scale battery storage
from Renewable Energy World Lightshift Energy and MMWEC deploy "first-of-its-kind" program for grid-scale battery energy storage in Massachusetts. (Pictured: Lightshift Energy project in Danville, VA) (Photo: Business Wire) The Massachusetts…
Can’t you see how you come across as untransparent?
The March 28 meeting of the Peabody Municipal Light Plant had a different feel than usual. The time period for public comment was extended and the issue of lack of…
PMLC feels “Under the microscope”
The Peabody Municipal Light Commission met last night in regular session. This month's handout on "Open Meeting Law & Remarks of the General Public" changed the rules on making remarks…
PMLP 2024 Budget
The Peabody Municipal Light Commission unanimously approved PMLP’s 2024 budget, after discussing it in Executive session, on January 25. “The budget shows a positive margin of $28, 831; projected revenues…