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Holyoke Gas & Electric honored; City Council unanimously backs resolution supporting municipal control
Summary
Holyoke Gas & Electric received a regional clean-energy utility award and the Holyoke City Council unanimously adopted a resolution supporting local control of municipal utilities and sent it to the governor, state delegation and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Holyoke Gas & Electric received the Massachusetts Clean Energy Week “Utility Company of the Year” award, and the Holyoke City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a resolution supporting local control of municipal utilities and to send that resolution to Governor Maura T. Healey, the governor’s office and the state delegation.
The award and a proclamation from the governor were presented to HG&E representatives at the start of the council’s Oct. 21 meeting, and councilors then took up a council order and accompanying communication calling on the state to respect local authority for municipal electric utilities. The council voted to receive and adopt the order and forward the attached resolution to the state delegation and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
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