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.

▶ 2021 POWER SUPPLY PORTFOLIO

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 POWER SUPPLY PORTFOLIO

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 POWER SUPPLY PORTFOLIO

2019 Projected MELD Energy Resource Portfolio:

Stonybrook

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 POWER SUPPLY PORTFOLIO

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 POWER SUPPLY PORTFOLIO

2017 MELD Energy Resource Portfolio::

Canton Wind

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

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".