A Message from the General Manager

I am honored to have been named the 12th General Manager of the Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant. The Light Plant is entering its 111th year of serving the residents of Hingham with safe and reliable electric service. This is an exciting time in Hingham, with all the new growth and a growing customer base. The new Derby Street Shoppe’s, Linden Pond Community, Black Rock Golf Club and Community, the Shipyard plan and potential new growth in the Industrial Park makes this a great time to be joining the company.

The advent of electric utility deregulation in Massachusetts continues to create an evolving market and we continue watching the power markets with significant interest. As of March 1, 2005, the transition phase of deregulation will end and the customers of the investor-owned utilities, such as Mass Electric and NStar, will have to choose a power supplier. This will be similar to when the telephone companies deregulated leaving their customers to choose their long distance carriers. This results in fewer suppliers who are actively chasing large blocks of power, leaving residential customers with little or no options at the present time. This will not be the case for the customers of the Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant. HMLP will be here to provide a reliable supply of energy to our customers as we have for the last 111 years.

The company is actively reviewing the market for energy in order to strategically place HMLP in a good position to serve the current requirements, as well as the future needs of the customers of Hingham. We continue to search out all the available energy and watch the every changing market structure to make sure the costs for this energy are in-line with the marketplace. While we can not accurately predict the future, our mission remains the same, to deliver a reliable supply of electric energy at a reasonable cost to our customers.

The HMLP Light Board and I thank you for being our customer and will continue to serve the customers of Hingham with a reliable electric system.

John G. Tzimorangas, General Manager

Light Plant Managers

2004- John G. Tzimorangas
2003-2004 George W. Sampson, P.E.
2000-2003 Christopher A. Cox
1981-2000 Joseph R. Spadea, Jr.
1956-1981 Clyde H. Curtis
1955-1956 Philip H. Holbrook
1931-1955 Bertram L. Beal
1913-1931 Fred A. Atkins
1912-1913 Arthur M. Bibby
1895-1912 Wallace Corthell
1894-1895 George W. Burr
1893-1894 Wallace Corthell