MELD POWER SOURCES

Henry Tragert Town Common, Middleton, MA

Keeping Rates Down by Diversifying

MELD is environmentally-conscious—not just to keep electricity rates down—but to make less of a carbon footprint on our planet. We diversify the sources from which we purchase electricity. Hydro. Wind. Solar. Nuclear. MELD even has a hybrid truck. It was the first of any electric light company in the state.

Recent MELD Energy Supply Portfolios

Click the tabs below to see each year's Power Supply Portfolio.

2023 Projected MELD Energy Resource Portfolio:

Stonybrook
0.25%
Rivermill Hydro
0.50%
Granite Wind
.93%
NuGen Solar
1.40%
Canton Wind
1.78%
Saddleback Wind
2.31%
Spruce Wind
2.66%
Brown Bear Hydro
3.39%
NYPA
3.54%
Millstone Nuclear
3.66%
NextEra Bilateral
4.28%
First Light Hydro
6.55%
HG Solar
7.72%
BP Bilateral
9.69%
ISO Market
19.71%
Seabrook Nuclear
31.64%

2022 Projected MELD Energy Resource Portfolio:

Rivermill Hydro
0.37%
Stonybrook
1.01%
Granite Wind
1.09%
NuGen Solar
1.45%
Canton Mtn Wind
2.08%
Saddleback Mtn Wind
2.30%
Brown Bear Hydro
2.52%
Spruce Mtn Hydro
2.92%
NYPA Hydro
3.55%
Millstone Nuclear
3.90%
First Light Hydro
4.08%
Next Era Bilateral
5.73%
HG Solar
8.07%
ISO Market
25.75%
Seabrook Nuclear
35.18%

2021 Projected MELD Energy Resource Portfolio:

Rivermill Hydro
0.46%
Stonybrook
0.49%
Granite Wind
1.23%
NuGen Solar
1.37%
Canton Wind
2.03%
Brown Bear Hydro
2.13%
Saddleback Wind
2.74%
Spruce Wind
2.84%
NYPA
3.81%
Millstone Nuclear
4.49%
NextEra
5.78%
First Light Hydro
5.91%
HG Solar
7.47%
Vistra Energy
11.94%
ISO Market
15.30%
Seabrook Nuclear
32.03%

2020 Projected MELD Energy Resource Portfolio:

Rivermill Hydro
0.32%
Stonybrook
0.87%
NuGen Solar
1.27%
Granite Wind
1.29%
Canton Mtn Wind
2.06%
First Light Hydro
2.55%
Saddleback Mtn Hydro
2.69%
Spruce Mtn Hydro
2.81%
Brown Bear Hydro
2.90%
NYPA Hydro
4.57%
BP Energy
5.40%
NextEra
5.93%
HG Solar
7.97%
Millstone Nuclear
8.73%
Shell
8.90%
ISO Market
13.58%
Seabrook Nuclear
32.82%

2019 Projected MELD Energy Resource Portfolio:

Stonybrook
1%
NuGen Solar
1.30%
Canton Wind
2.20%
Brown Bear Hydro
2.80%
Saddleback Wind
2.80%
NYPA
2.90%
Spruce Wind
3.30%
Millstone Nuclear
4.50%
RIVERMILL Hydro
4.50%
NEXTERA
5.80%
HG Solar
7.00%
Shell
8.70%
ISO-Market
17.50%
Seabrook Nuclear
35.70%

2018 MELD Energy Resource Portfolio:

Wyman, 133,949 kwh
0.13%
RIVERMILL Hydro, 543,229 kwh
0.53%
Stonybrook, 1,021,682 kwh
1.00%
NuGen Solar, 1,321,429 kwh
1.30%
Canton Wind, 2,016,150 kwh
1.98%
Saddleback Wind, 2,624,411 kwh
2.58%
Brown Bear Hydro, 2,770,083 kwh
2.72%
Spruce Wind, 2,932,667 kwh
2.88%
NYPA Hydro, 3,717,915 kwh
3.66%
HG Solar, 4,193,413 kwh
4.12%
Millstone Nuclear, 4,721,352 kwh
4.64%
Shell, 6,360,000 kwh
6.25%
ISO - Market, 16,617,247
16.34%
NEXTERA, 19,707,952 kwh
19.38%
Seabrook Nuclear, 33,020,069 kwh
32.47%

Total kwh: 101,701,548

Power Supply Percentages

  • Nuclear=37.1%
  • Bilateral Contracts=25.63%
  • Open Market - ISO-NE=16.34%
  • Wind=7.45%
  • Hydro=6.91%
  • Solar=5.42%
  • Natural Gas=1.00%
  • Oil=0.13%

  • Total=100%

2017 MELD Energy Resource Portfolio::

Canton Wind
0%
Shell Energy Bilateral
17.2%
Nextera Bilateral
12.7%
River Mill Hydro
0.4%
NuGen Solar
1.0%
Millstone Nuclear
4.3%
Seabrook Nuclear
32.5%
RISE Virtual Gas Unit
5.8%
Saddleback Wind
2.5%
Brown Bear Hydro
3%
Spruce Mountain Wind
2.7%
NYPA Hydro
2.8%
Open Market - ISO-NE
15%

Power Supply Percentages

  • Wind=5.2%
  • Solar=1%
  • Hydro=6.3%
  • Nuclear=36.8%
  • Gas Contracts=5.8%
  • Bilateral Contracts=29.9%
  • Open Market - ISO-NE=15%

  • Total=100%

Learn even more about MA Municipal Light Plants in the "Fuel Mix and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Municipal Electric Light Plants in Massachusetts Analysis".

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