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Electric Utility Ad hoc Committee (May 2004)
A future Lexington Municipal Electric Utility:
Key economic benefits
• Lower electricity rates than NStar's
— 20-25% lower for residential consumers
• each household could save $250-$320 per year
— 9- 14% lower for commercial, industrial, municipal
consumers
• the Town could save S 150,000 per year
• Overall, Lexington residents, businesses and the Town could
save $6-8 million per year
Electric Utility Ad hoc Committee (May 2004)
A future Lexington Municipal Electric Utility:
Other key benefits
• Improved reliability of our electric service
— fewer power outages due to better network maintenance
• Lexington would control decisions important to the Town
— retiring the Center substation
• reuse space for development or parking
— moving the wires underground
• Concord is doing so over 100 years
— removing double poles faster than Verizon does today
— developing distributed generation (fuel cells, etc )
— promoting renewable energy sources
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First step towards a Lexington Muni
• Legislation to clarify the municipalization process
— supported by 108 Massachusetts communities
• representing almost every legislative district
— and organizations including
• Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA),
Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance, MASSPIRG
— but NStar is lobbying hard against such legislation
— this resolution reaffirms Lexington's support for legislative
action
Electric Utility Ad hoc Committee (May 2004)