The Recorder - My Turn: The selling of New England's river
My Turn: The selling of New England’s river STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE Modified: 12/11/2020 2:45:37 PM On Nov. 12 FirstLight and broker Energy New England sent out a paid press release with a Twitter link on Businesswire: “21 New England Municipal Electric Utilities Commit to Historic Purchase of Clean Power From FirstLight Through ENE.” Formatted like news, it hyped agreements — overwhelmingly to eastern Massachusetts towns, for future electricity exports. It boasted big complex numbers, long-term megawatts and clean, renewable hydropower sales to towns 100 mil...