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Municipal utilities push mutual‑aid protections and highlight lower rates, clean‑energy gains
Summary
Municipal Light Plant representatives and advisers told the Joint Committee that proposed bills clarifying mutual‑aid protections will let locally owned utilities safely help neighboring communities during storms and non‑emergency work, and highlighted lower rates and progress toward emissions goals.
Representatives of Massachusetts municipal light plants (MLPs) and supporting organizations urged the committee to back bills that clarify liability and employment protections for MLP crews providing mutual aid and to allow certain interlocal service arrangements.
Michael Cloutier, general manager of the Middleton Electric Light Department and chair of the MEEAM legislative committee, described MLPs as nonprofit, locally controlled utilities that return revenue to local infrastructure and deliver lower rates. "We deliver lower rates by reinvesting our revenue back into our local…
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