MMWEC seeks an air permit for SP2015A
The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Energy Company (MMWEC) has applied for a new Air Permit for their 60 MW peaker plant in Ward 3. The new permit is “to establish start
PMLP Stalls Budget
In an uncharacteristically lengthy and verbal monthly meeting, the Peabody Municipal Light Commission met January 22 to reconsider their stalled 2026 budget. They questioned a $125,000 increase in the annual
PMLP 2026 Budget not voted
Peabody Municipal Light Plant’s 2026 budget did not receive a second; so, it was not voted on. https://peabodytv.org/videos-on-demand/?vid=1691
Welcome Brooksby Villagers
I’m loving the energy and success of Peabody’s Brooksby Village residents to manifest great support groups like the Mad Grannies and the Climate Change Group. The Grannies raised funds to
PMLP’s BESS Battery Storage Project – Should it be exempt from wetlands development rules?
Update 10/23 – John Maihos of PMLP responded to our post submitted to the Energy Awareness Forum: “The exemption was established in 2024. However, it wasn’t until July 2025 that
Trolling Purple Air
There are seven Purple Air quality monitors placed throughout the city and there have been some recent extreme spikes on the air quality readings in the downtown Environmental Justice area
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”
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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
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
