General Manager

The Princeton Municipal Light Department (PMLD) has been providing electrical service to residents and businesses of Princeton for over 100 years (Est. 1912). PMLD's mission is to provide a safe, reliable, and economical source of electric power for our customers, to acknowledge and implement the need for renewable energy from within the diversity of available energy sources, and to enhance the benefits of municipal utility ownership for our customers. PMLD has its own elected Board of Commissioners, General Manager and staff that operate separately and autonomously from the Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator and other Town Boards & Committees. • PMLD customers: 1,387 Residential, 106 Commercial (Includes Farm and Municipal) • Total Sales in kw*hr for 2019 – 13,396,136 • Total Wind production in kw*hr for 2019.– 3,680,160, • Machines are ISO registered asset with 25% production sold to West Boylston and Sterling • ‘Value of Wind REC’s in 2019 -$47,823 • Total cost of wind maintenance in 2019 (external costs) -$69,632 • We work with MMWEC for wind operation, HELPS, PASNY, ISO Tariff, Hydro Quebec Contracts • Support cost for HELPS (ie: audits, heat pump rebates, app...liance rebates etc) in 2019 - $42,000 • Power purchased from NextEra. NextEra contract ends December 2027, PASNY is handled as a bilateral transaction between MMWEC and NextEra • Wind debt is - $4.2 million, paid off March of 2027 • Approximately 2,900 poles with 86 road miles of conductor • Rough fraction of distribution 60% 13.8kV, 40% 4.8 kV • Tree trimming program summary – Approved program by the BOS and State Tree Warden. Town is divided into 5 cycles. 1 cycle is trimmed each year according to the approved specs in the PMLD Vegetation Management and Hazardous Tree Removal Plan. Copy of plan is located on PMLD website. • $167K in distribution inventory, $60K in wind turbine inventory • 50% Ownership sharing of all poles with Verizon.