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document that muni rates are lower than at IOUs; articles in
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4/6/16: Utility boss Tom May to retire from Eversource Energy
3/24/16: Eversource chief gets $700,000 raise
4/22/15: Healey willing to look into Eversource CEO’s compensation
3/26/15: Study says municipal utilities charge less for power
3/13/15: Eversource CEO awarded $1.3 million pay raise
9/15/14: 100% of power for Vermont city now renewable
2/28/14: Northeast Utilities’ Tom May earned $7.6m
6/11/13: Utility leader Thomas May’s holdings exceed $80m
4/13/13: Top five NStar executives made $15 million last year
3/23/13: Coakley asks SEC for full pay disclosures
3/14/13: NStar chief complies with Coakley’s request for pay details
3/12/13: Coakley presses utility to disclose chief’s pay
3/12/13: In earlier case, DPU had executives’ pay divulged
3/9/13: Coakley presses utility to reveal chief’s pay
3/8/13: AG wants utility chief’s pay revealed
3/7/13: Northeast Utilities won’t reveal chief’s full pay
12/1/12: NStar faces scrutiny over power outages
11/28/12: Lowell looks to buy electricity to lower consumer costs
11/10/12 Opinion: A world of wires
11/3/12: Foxborough slams National Grid for outages and utility’s response after Hurricane Sandy
10/31/12: Utility companies up their game for Sandy
9/16/12 South section: Braintree asks if mayor's paid enough
8/16/12: Middleborough utility chief resigns under fire
4/20/12: An untimely award
4/11/12: NStar’s merger with Northeast Utilities now finalized
3/16/12: The powerful and the powerless
3/15/12: Power restored for all customers in the Back Bay
2/12/12: Energy-savings bug bites towns
2/2/12: [Reading] Utility board under fire for refusing to sell assets
1/31/12: Green electricity finds few customers in Mass.
1/5/12: Turned off by darkened streetlights [& Mansfield muni PILOT]
11/22/11: Patrick:
Commission may not immediately create three casinos
[& comment on municipal utilities]
11/22/11: 25 highest paid CEOs in Massachusetts
11/20/11: Residents rake NStar over outages
11/6/11: In latest storm's wake, a bit more light
11/4/11: Big payday for power players
11/2/11: NStar boss has great gig
11/2/11 (Newton): Newton Mayor Setti Warren seeks investigation of NStar after outages
10/31/11: More than 500,000 Mass. residents still without power
10/6/11: Utilities blamed in Irene's wake
9/18/11 South section: More towns study going electric
9/18/11 letter: More benefits of municipal utilities
9/10/11 Business section: A municipal buzz - Legislation to ease formation of local utilities gets boost from storm
9/4/11 West section: Municipal utilities shine in storm
9/3/11: Utilities say end near to repairs
9/1/11: Irene's main impact: no lights
7/7/11: Wellesley's renewable energy program aims for 10 percent participation by year's end
6/5/11: Power politics
5/12/11: Wind farm has local backers
5/5/11: Berkshire Wind dedicates large Mass. wind farm
11/12/10: West Boylston launches utility solar project
8/8/10 West section: Groton - Electric rates low
3/31/10 letter: Shedding light on misinformation over municipal utilities
3/19/10 letter: For one town, a Sterling example on outages
3/17/10: Pension hike lifts NStar chief's '09 take to $7.4m
3/9/10 Editorial: State should remove obstacles for towns to provide electricity
3/7/10 West section: [Shrewsbury] Group seeks Google fiber
1/21/10 South section: Going underground & 1/22/10 letter: Affordable? Yes, when done right
11/1/09 letter: NStar should go underground
9/9/09 Editorial: Utilities: Power (and light) to the towns
6/7/09: Wind picks up speed
1/2/09 letters: Compare munis with investor-owned service providers
12/29/08 Editorial: The power of municipal power
8/3/08: Communities investing in wind farm
7/17/08 Northwest section: State urged to act fast on 'munis'
4/24/08: Hudson rate cuts ahead
4/11/08 Adrian Walker column: A shocking power play
1/20/08 Northwest section: Cheaper electricity touted
1/17/08: Proposed wind farm draws few foes in Hull
11/18/07 letter: Better utility rates with municipals
11/9/07 Steve Bailey column: Unkept power promises
10/21/07 Northwest section: Going muni on electric
10/7/07 letter: More savings found with municipal utilities
10/4/07 Northwest section: Town to vote on running utility
9/23/07 letter: NStar less silent on utility legislation
4/15/07 letter: An answer to high electric rates
7/30/06 Northwest section: Town braces for a jolt of higher electric rates
6/9/06: Devens thriving as old fort's leaders put businesses at ease
5/11/06: Light company gets $42.5m settlement, avoids rate increase
4/8/06 Editorial: Shocking electric rates
2/26/06 City Weekly letter: Cheaper and more efficient, 'munis' are viable alternative
2/24/06: Wind turbines gaining power
2/12/06 City Weekly: Electric power to the people
1/8/06 South section: Towns weigh taking power into their own hands
1/5/06 South section: Lighting plant faces changes
10/23/05 Cambridge news in brief: Power to the people
10/20/05 West section letter: NStar is wrong on municipal utilities
10/13/05 West section: Power to the people
10/9/05: Consumer advocates want to flip the switch to public power delivery
10/2/05 letter: More arguments for munis
9/25/05 Editorial: Local power
8/11/05: A defeat on dual utility poles may spur interest in new bill
3/12/05 Op-ed: Let's jolt the electric companies
2/26/04: Town ponders ownership of power system
1/4/04 Northwest section letter: NStar didn't do its homework
12/25/03 Northwest section: Bill may ease way for town light plant
8/21/03 West section: Proposed law would help towns form electric utilities
6/16/03 Editorial: Generating local power