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Leominster public service committee approves three National Grid pole changes, keeps one hearing open
Summary
The Leominster Public Service Committee granted three National Grid petitions to install or remove utility poles (petitions 38-26, 42-26 and 43-26) with conditions to avoid blocking business access, and kept petition 39-26 open after an adjacent business reported it had not been notified.
The Leominster Public Service Committee on April 27 recommended granting three petitions from Massachusetts Electric Company, doing business as National Grid, to install or remove utility poles and related fixtures across several neighborhood streets, but kept one hearing open after an adjacent business raised notification and safety concerns.
Carrie Noseworthy, chair of the public service committee, read petition 38-26, which requests a jointly owned pole on Margaret Avenue (plan #30527234). Lenny Martinez, a National Grid representative, told the committee the pole would support a new capacitor bank tied to a solar/battery installation. "We'd like to install pole 20-5," Martinez said, describing the proposed midspan location and the plan’s intent to serve a solar customer. Committee…
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