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Green Power and Energy Efficiency Opportunities for Municipalities in Massachusetts
May 22, 2002
by Tim Woolf, Synapse Energy Economics
Summary:
The purpose of this report is to identify and characterize the range of options available to
municipalities for purchasing green power and improving the efficiency with which
electricity is consumed. Municipalities have several viable options for purchasing
electricity in a fashion that is consistent with the energy, cost, and environmental goals of
the community. Municipalities are in a better position to achieve certain policy goals
than are individual customers through their collective buying power. A municipality’s
advantage lies in the size of its electricity load, in the potential for more sophisticated
decision-making than individual customers can apply, and in the potential for reflecting
more of the public interest in the decision-making process.
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