Jon Dreyer
MAMEC is the alliance of municipalities and organizations supporting legislation to allow new municipal electric utilities (or munis) in Massachusetts (the "Muni-Choice Bill" H2866 ) – beyond 41 munis that already exist – so that cities and towns have a choice for electricity distribution . Here is a presentation about this issue. Our current State law includes century-old, obsolete language that gives investor-owned utilities (or IOUs) veto power over new munis : no Massachusetts community has formed a mun
Supporters of the Muni-Choice Bill include the MMA (Massachusetts Municipal Association) , the Boston Globe and Governor Deval Patrick who wrote "The bills under consideration are a step in the right direction and will allow residents greater local control and input into utility investment policies and decisions, services and service levels. I look forward to reviewing the final bill when it reaches my desk." when signing our petition and said "I see [...] municipal electric utility companies adding competi
News : 2,700 people have signed a petition asking the Legislature to allow new munis in Massachusetts. Here is information about the petition and here are comments people made. Here are the economics of a Fitchburg, Lunenburg, Townsend, Ashby muni replacing Unitil. Here is our annotated summary of the January 28, 2010 DOER report about munis , prepared pursuant to section 107 of the Green Communities Act . Here is a July 2016 MAPC white paper about muni Clean Energy Initiatives . Here is what happened at th
Jon Dreyer