Peabody Light Commission Oct. Meeting
Here’s the entire October Peabody Municipal Light Commission meeting: https://peabodytv.org/videos-on-demand/?vid=1366 And, here’s the link by BCNS to the interactions after the meeting was gaveled closed: https://youtu.be/O3qca_ZEokk
Did you know Peabody is an MBTA Community?
Did you know Peabody is an MBTA community and therefore must have at least one zoning district near a transit station in which multi-family housing is allowed as a right?
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?
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 on
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
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
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
“No Budget for You.”
The Peabody Municipal Light Commission elected officers last week and continued their confusing attitude about providing transparency regarding the operation of the city’s power plants. Newly elected Chairman Ray Melvin
PMLP Budget is not available for the public to review before it is voted.
The 2024 budget of PMLP is on the agenda of the Peabody Light Commission meeting slated for Thursday, Jan. 25. BCNS requested a copy of the budget in order to
Rousselot’s plant emits 21,000 metric tons of CO2 MORE than the Waters River substation.
The Peabody City Council voted in December on a $9 million bond to acquire 137 acres of land currently owned by the soon-to-be closed Rousselot plant on Washington and Allens
2023 Green Community Saga Update
I’ll be lifting a glass to toast the City of Peabody for meeting today’s state deadline to apply to become a Green Community! Curt Bellavance, Director of Community Development in Peabody,
A Peabody Peaker Battery
Peabody and MMWEC (Ma. Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.) have come a long way to embrace renewable battery storage. During meetings in 2020 about SP2015A, the third gas-and-oil burning generator off
Video of PMLP meetings restored.
We’re back! The Peabody Municipal Light Commission’s regular meeting has returned to Peabody TV care of BCNS volunteers! (We brought our own microphones!) Go to https://peabodytv.org/videos-on-demand/?vid=1121 (Psst – Seems our
A peek at the new peaker on Pulaski
A glimpse of the new $85 million gas-and-oil burning peaker plant off Pulaski Street. The capacity resource known as Project 2015A is a new, efficient, fast-starting, 60 MW, dual fuel,
Proposed Pulaski St development on former Superfund site includes access to the Waters River
Down the street from the Waters River electric generating station in Ward 3 is the area of Pulaski Street known as the former Monnier Superfund site. It is currently poised
