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…
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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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…