1. Articles mentioning both Western Massachusetts Electric Company and Northeast Utilities

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    1. NStar, Northeast Utilities merger agreement includes Cape Wind provisions, planned rate freeze -- but no upgrades to power lines and poles

      Explore masslive.com (May 18 2012) Energy

       Power giants NStar and Northeast Utilities won a green light from Massachusetts’ regulators for their multibillion-dollar merger while avoidin......and a vast swath of Massachusetts, combining NStar and its eastern Massachusetts-Cape Cod base with Western Massachusetts Electric Co. The combined company controls most of New Hampshire’s electric grid, which includes towns like ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    2. NU advances transmission project in Mass., Conn.

      Explore Boston.com (May 3 2012) Energy

      ...ep pace with rising electricity demand, is expected to be completed by late next year. Olivier said Northeast Utilities, parent company of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts Electric Co. and Connecticut Light & Power, can secure rights of way in the Northern Pass power project in N......to be built along existing rights of way and the remaining 40 miles will require new rights of way. NU is ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    3. Massachusetts DPU Approves NU-NSTAR Merger

      Explore stockhouse.com (Apr 4 2012) Energy

      ...mmitments. The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) today approved the merger between Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) and NSTAR (NYSE: NST). The approval comes 18 months after the companies first announced the merger......ents resulted in a one-time, $21 million rate credit for customers of NSTAR Electric, NSTAR Gas and Western Massachusetts Electric Company in the month following the merger closing; a commitment to freeze base distribution rates at those ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    4. Cape Wind power purchase, WMECO rate freeze seal deal for Massachusetts OK of NStar-Northeast Utilities merger

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 15 2012) Energy

      Cape Wind power purchase, WMECO rate freeze seal deal for Massachusetts OK of NStar-Northeast Utilities merger ... for four years including for 200,000 customers in Western Massachusetts. Cape Wind power purchase, WMECO rate freeze seal deal for Massachusetts OK of NStar-Northeast Utilities merger Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:45 PM Updated: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, ......nother key utility, National Grid, agreed to buy about 50 percent of the power output of Cape Wind. Northeast Utilities, based in Hartford, owns the Western Massachusetts Electric Co ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Northeast Utilities   West Springfield

    5. Rivermoor-Citizens LLC moving forward with Agawam solar panel parks

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 1 2011) Energy

      Rivermoor-Citizens LLC moving forward with Agawam solar panel parks ...e at a cost of $4.4 million and $4.5 million each that will generate electricity to be fed into the Northeast Utilities power grid. Rivermoor-Citizens LLC moving forward with Agawam solar panel parks Published: Thursda......er 20 percent of property. The agreement will also result in the city getting an energy credit from Western Massachusetts Electric Co. of 15 percent, or $30,000 to $50,000 a year ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Western Massachusetts Electric Company   The Republican

    6. Linemen working to restore power for WMECO after snowstorm being fed and housed at the Big E

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 2 2011) Energy

      Linemen working to restore power for WMECO after snowstorm being fed and housed at the Big E Line workers and tree crews for WMECO were being fed and housed at the Better Living Center at the Big E Wednesday night. Linemen workin......y morning we’re expecting 1,000 workers here for breakfast,” Big E spokesman Noreen Tassinari said. Northeast Utilities worker Anthony Porter, a former lineman, said the line workers risk their lives during storms to re... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    7. WMECo returns power to nearly all customers

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 30 2011) Energy

      WMECo returns power to nearly all customers Peter Clarke, president and chief operating officer of the Northeast Utilities subsidiary, said Monday that western Massachusetts was fortunate that the storm weakened substantia......assachusetts was fortunate that the storm weakened substantially by the time it reached the region. WMECo returns power to nearly all customers Published: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 1:54 PM Updated: Tue... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    8. Under construction: WMECO's Greater Springfield Reliability Project

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 2 2011) Energy

      Under construction: WMECO's Greater Springfield Reliability Project ...1 in Chicopee as part of the $795 million Greater Springfield Reliability Project, according to the Western Massachusetts Electric Co. Workers are erecting a steel monopole off East Meadow Street and Interstate 391 in Chicopee as ......neck in the region’s power grid. Work should be completed in 2013. Frank J. Poirot, a spokesman for Northeast Utilities, parent of WMECO, said workers started installing footings for the towers last winter ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   West Springfield   Springfield

    9. Western Mass Companies Exhibit at Medical Device Conference

      Explore From the EDC (Jun 13 2011) Manufacturing , Medical Devices

      Western Mass Companies Exhibit at Medical Device Conference ...t. This is the second year that we have worked with our colleagues at Western Mass Electric Company/Northeast Utilities and the Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project (“PMRAP”) to host companies at this show.... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Western Massachusetts Electric Company   Michael Graney

    10. WMECo Launches Construction of Indian Orchard Solar Facility

      Explore businesswire.com (May 12 2011) Energy

      Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) today formally launched development of a large-scale solar energy facility in the Indian Orchard s......ility to receive DPU approval in 2009 and is currently authorized to install 6 MW of solar by 2012. Western Massachusetts Electric Company, a Northeast Utilities company (NYSE:NU), serves approximately 200,000 customers in 59 communities throughout western Massachusetts and is ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Northeast Utilities   Springfield

    11. Northeast Utilities debuts charging stations for electric vehicles in Connecticut, Western Massachusetts

      Explore masslive.com (May 7 2011) Energy

      Western Massachusetts Electric Co., a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, also unveiled charging stations this week at the Springfield Community College Technology Park in ......led charging stations at its company offices in Berlin, Hartford, Springfield, and Manchester, N.H. NU’s Western Massachusetts Electric Co. subsidiary has one customer site installed and another planned. About 20 other municipalities a... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    12. CL&P Announces Electric Vehicle Research Study

      Explore businesswire.com (May 3 2011) Energy

      ...and Hartford, Connecticut; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Manchester, New Hampshire. Additionally, NU’s Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) subsidiary has one customer site installed and another planned. BERLIN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--F......g stations for plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) as part of a major research project with CL&P parent Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU). Approximately 20 municipalities and businesses served by CL&P are expected to participate in the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    13. Solar facility proposed for formerly contaminated Chapman Valve complex in Springfield

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 27 2011) Energy

      Solar facility proposed for formerly contaminated Chapman Valve complex in Springfield ... 042711 chapman valve solar carl frattini.jpg The Republican | Don TreegerCarl J. Frattini, of Western Massachusetts Electric Co., explains plans for a $12 million, 2.2-megawatt solar facility in Springfield to members of the...... and not involve any high-voltage power lines. The energy produced at the facility will be fed into Northeast Utilities’ power grid. 042711 indian orchard solar facility plan.jpg View full sizeThe Republican | Don Tr... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Northeast Utilities   Springfield

    14. Energy Fields

      Explore BusinessWest (Mar 29 2011) Energy

      Energy Fields ...ottage Street in Springfield. Energy Fields Posted on 29 March 2011. Written by: Kathleen Mitchell WMECO Projects Shine Light on Solar Power’s Potential Manager William Blanchard; and Director of Business......more expensive types of green technology,” said Carl Frattini, director of business development for Northeast Utilities. “The price is declining quickly, but it costs considerably more than wind power. It is so new that... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Northeast Utilities   Springfield

    15. WMECO grant for BCC in excess of $200,000

      Explore Home - Berkshire Eagle Online (Mar 29 2011) Education , Energy , Green Region

      WMECO grant for BCC in excess of $200,000 ...the funds to buy equipment for its new training center for careers in clean and sustainable energy. Northeast Utilities, the parent company of the Western Massachusetts Electric Co., is interested in training the community’s future work force. Together, they turned out to be a......ational facilities for its new facility, which is expected to be open by January 2012. According to WMECO President and CEO Peter J. Clarke, this ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    16. Western Massachusetts Electric Company president says the more electricity people use, the greater the rate they will pay

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 15 2011) Energy

      Western Massachusetts Electric Company president says the more electricity people use, the greater the rate they will pay ...icer for the Springfield-based utility. “It signal more effort to conserve the use of energy.” Western Massachusetts Electric Company president says the more electricity people use, the greater the rate they will pay Published: Wedne......investigation complete with public hearings. The increases were not as large as the rate increase WMECO, a unit of Connecticut-based Northeast Utilities, had asked for. But some had advocated for no rate increase at all ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    17. WMECO rate increase: What it means to the average customer

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 1 2011) Energy

      WMECO rate increase: What it means to the average customer ...rs a month, and pays $90.89 a month will see a monthly increase of 1.7 percent or $1.52 to $92.41. WMECO rate increase: What it means to the average customer Published: Tuesday, February 01, 2011, 8:42 PM.......21 a month, said Timothy J. Shevlin Jr., executive director of the Department of Public Utilities. Western Massachusetts Electric Co. has 210,00 customers in 59 cities and ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    18. State approves reduced WMECO rate hike

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 1 2011) Energy

      State approves reduced WMECO rate hike ...llion or 4.2 percent. The Republican / Dave Roback08/26/10-Springfield-Staff Photo by Dave Roback-Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO)President Peter J. Clarke, left and company counsel Donald H. Wells Jr. listen as State Senator Gal......nd deal with an increasing number of customers who are unable to pay their bills on time if at all. WMECo, a unit of Northeast Utilities, has 210,000 customers in 59 cities ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    19. Service helps students stay here to work

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 18 2011) Education

      ...has 13,600 students using the site and about 1,300 employers, including The Hartford Insurance Co., Northeast Utilities, which includes Western Massachusetts Electric Co., and Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield. Scirocco said the Partnership is... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Western New England University   Springfield

    20. Indian Orchard's Solutia Inc. tops the list of well-performing local stocks

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 7 2011)

      Indian Orchard's Solutia Inc. tops the list of well-performing local stocks ...t; Danaher Corp. $47.17 , up 25.5 percent; New Alliance Bancshares Inc. $14.98, up 24.7 percent; Northeast Utilities, parent of Western Massachusetts Electric Co., $31.88, up 23.6 percent; MassMutual Corporate Investors, a fund managed by MassMutual sub... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   MassMutual   Springfield

    21. Lighting improvement projects planned for sections of downtown Springfield

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 3 2011)

      Lighting improvement projects planned for sections of downtown Springfield Western Massachusetts Electric Co. has launched several lighting improvement projects in Springfield, including efforts to brighte......ortion of the costs, and the city covers some costs related to the lighting improvements, she said. WMECO is part of the Northeast Utilities system, and serves approximately 200,000 customers in 59 communities throughout Western Massachuset... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Northeast Utilities   Springfield

    22. Utility set for major electricity transmission upgrade in WMass, Connecticut

      Explore GazetteNET (Dec 1 2010) Energy

      ...s individual traffic jams on lines in hot humid days of summer," said Frank Poirot, a spokesman for Northeast Utilities. Western Massachusetts Electric Co. and Connecticut Light & Power will add a 23-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line between Ag... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Northeast Utilities   Springfield

    23. Northeast Utilities to be Title Sponsor of New England's Largest Robotics ...

      Explore PR Newswire (Jan 6 2010) Energy , Life Sciences

      ...or contact Sue Glasspiegel FIRST Regional Director at sglasspiegel@usfirst.org or 860-651-9994. The Northeast Utilities Foundation, established by NU in 1998 and supported by Northeast Utilities' operating companies (Connecticut Light & Power Co., Yankee Gas Services Co., Western Massachusetts Electric Co. and Public Service of New Hampshire), has benefited charitable partners in Connecticut, Massach... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   United Technologies Corp.   Northeast Utilities   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    24. WMECo Begins Procurement for Solar Energy Facilities

      Explore earthtimes.org (Sep 22 2009) Energy

      SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 22 -- Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) today began a multi-phase procurement process for construction of its large-scale solar energy fac......roval for 6 MW from the DPU i n August - the first of its type in Massachusetts and in New England. Western Massachusetts Electric Company, part of the Northeast Utilities System (NYSE: NU), serves approximately 200,000 customers in 59 communities throughout western Massachusetts and is ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    25. WMECo Targets Young Adults to Reduce Energy Use

      Explore news.prnewswire.com (Aug 19 2009) Green Region

      WMECo Targets Young Adults to Reduce Energy UsePR Newswire (press release)SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 19 /PR......ide how much they want to reduce their monthly utility bill and learn how to achieve those savings. Western Massachusetts Electric Company, part of the Northeast Utilities System (NYSE: NU), serves approximately 200,000 customers in 59 communities throughout western Massachusetts and is ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    26. Utility outlines plans for Western Mass. line upgrades

      Explore masslive.com (May 6 2009)

      ...nd towers are between 50 and 70 years old. The region needs a system with higher capacity, he said. Northeast Utilities System, which owns Western Massachusetts Electric Co., is carrying on the siting and construction of the new lines. Its goal is to upgrade 35 miles o... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   West Springfield   Springfield

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