The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company and Lightshift Energy have been recognized by the Alliance for Climate Transition as a Clean Energy Partnership of the Year award winner.
“We’re honored to receive this recognition with Lightshift Energy as Partnership of the Year,” said Jason Viadero, MMWEC Chief Development Officer. “This partnership demonstrates the forward-thinking initiatives being advanced by the municipal utilities. MMWEC is proud to help bring these projects to fruition and deliver real savings to the municipal light plant communities.”
MMWEC has been involved in the facilitation of 21 energy storage systems on behalf of 15 municipal utilities in Massachusetts -- most of them through its partnership with Lightshift.
MMWEC has two Lightshift projects expected to come online this year, and an additional nine projects totaling approximately 39 megawatts slated to come online in 2027.
MMWEC is a not-for-profit, public corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts created by an Act of the General Court in 1975 and authorized to issue tax-exempt debt to finance a wide range of energy facilities.
MMWEC provides a variety of power supply, financial, risk management and other services to the state’s consumer-owned, municipal utilities. It is the largest provider of asset-owned generation for municipal light departments in New England.
Lightshift Energy is a utility-scale energy storage developer, owner, and operator headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Founded in 2019, the company develops standalone energy storage projects that deliver value through advanced analytics and multi-use applications.
Additional information about ACT is available on its website.
