HMLP News & Alerts
Vineyard Wind Forms First-in-the-Nation Partnership with Municipal Light Plants to Help Massachusetts Communities Go Green
PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH WIND PROPOSAL, AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW MLPS (INCLUDING HINGHAM MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT) TO ACQUIRE LOCALLY GENERATED WIND POWER(BOSTON, MA) – Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE:...
Important Letter to Customers
Dear HMLP Customer and Citizens of Hingham, The storm of last week, a “bomb cyclone,” was more powerful and destructive as any in recent memory. Possibly the last time we experienced one so bad was Hurricane Carol in 1954. It was the ultimate stress test for our Light...
Solar Policy Explanation
Dear Solar Customer, I’d like to take a moment to explain your solar bill, our net metering policy and the rebate credit you will receive for installing a solar array. Your solar account with Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) has two meters, one is a bi-...
Hingham Wind Presentation
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Energy Expert Discusses Renewable Energy and Climate Change
HINGHAM – Larry Chretien, Executive Director of Mass Energy, certainly knows how to fill a room. With oil and natural gas prices still soaring and the cost of energy on everyone’s mind, over 80 people from Hingham and some surrounding towns filed into the Hingham...
Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant Installs Anemometer
The Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) completed an important step in the study of potential wind power in Hingham with the installation of a 164 foot wind monitoring device, called an anemometer. The HMLP contractor, Lighthouse Electrical Contracting of...
Hingham Light completes Residential Rate Comparison
Hingham- The Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant has completed a review of its 2007 Residential rates compared to the privately-owned electric utilities that surround Hingham. The comparison against the rates of Massachusetts Electric, a National Grid company, Boston...
Power Lines – Energy Conservation
Recently, I have been asked by many Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (“HMLP”) customers about energy conservation and the types of programs the company has to assist customers in these efforts. The conversation typically involves discussion on customers usage, what...
Hingham Light General Manager Elected to MMWEC Board
(Hingham, MA, June 30, 2006) Hingham Municipal Light Plant General Manager John G. Tzimorangas was elected to the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Board of Directors at the company’s annual meeting. Mr. Tzimorangas was elected by the membership to...
Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant: A Historical View
Commentary by John G. Tzimorangas The more people I run into and talk to about the Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant, the more I realize that most citizens in Hingham do not understand the history and benefits of the Light Plant. The suggestion has been made by...