Upton enters electricity aggregation

UPTON – Selectmen entered into a consultant agreement Tuesday with Colonial Power Group for an electrical aggregation that will provide discounted electricity for participating residents. Colonial is an energy consultant group that designs, implements and...

Mendon signs contract with aggregation group

MENDON – Selectmen entered into a consultant agreement Monday with Colonial Power Group, which will be handling the town’s electrical aggregation that will provide discounted electricity for residents. The energy consultant group plans and manages aggregation...

Lowell saving $9.5M on energy

LOWELL — City residents and business owners will save a combined $9.5 million on their energy bills in the next six months thanks to a program that combines all buildings and homes across the city for greater purchasing power. The savings, representing a...

Our Opinion: Power in numbers

The bulk-purchase agreement by 10 Berkshire towns that will partially ease the anticipated dramatic increase in electricity costs this winter is welcome but doesn’t change the suspect nature of the dramatic hikes. It is assuredly an endorsement of the wisdom of...

Crying foul over cost of power

It was a tough week for customers of National Grid, the power company that serves 17 Berkshire communities. Residences and businesses that hook up to WMECO will have their turn to voice outrage in about six weeks when that utility releases its January to June 2015...
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