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File #: 24-1552    Version: 1
Type: Officer's Communication Status: Sent for Discussion
File created: 11/4/2024 In control: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee
On agenda: 11/14/2024 Final action:
Enactment date: 11/14/2024 Enactment #: 217940
Title: Director of Sustainability and Environment conveying an overview of the Commonwealth’s Clean Energy Goals, Electric Sector Modernization Plan, demand growth in Somerville, and capital projects underway or planned.
Attachments: 1. Eversource_Somerville_Council_Electrification_Slides_Nov 2024

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Director of Sustainability and Environment conveying an overview of the Commonwealth’s Clean Energy Goals, Electric Sector Modernization Plan, demand growth in Somerville, and capital projects underway or planned.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Director of Sustainability and Environment, in partnership with Eversource, the City's public electric utility, respectfully conveys a brief, high-level overview of the Commonwealth’s Clean Energy Goals, Electric Sector Modernization Plan, demand growth in Somerville, and capital projects underway or planned for Somerville (including the underground cable modernization program, Station 402, and the siting of a substation) to Council.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Christine Blais

Director, Office of Sustainability and the Environment