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Millville Ratepayers to save $45,000 in electricity costs Millville residents and business owners will save billing, power, or customer service. Colonial power group is the leading aggregation approximately $45,000 through May 2018, with the newly created Millville Community Choice consulting firm in Massachusetts. Municipal electricity aggregation allows cities and towns to pool power supply program. the town of Millville, with the assistance of the electrical consumption of all ratepayers in their Colonial power group, inc., is pleased to jurisdictions and competitively procure lower cost announce it has entered into a one-year agreement electricity supply on behalf of the participants. to bring energy cost-savings to the town’s resi- the aggregation allows the municipality to obtain dents and small businesses through this initiative. better pricing than individual residents and business owners could due to the town will be using 100 economies of scale. Colonial percent green energy derived “This is an opportunity power works with state offifrom national Wind renewcials, utility executives, and able energy certificates. for Millville to lessen the energy industry leaders to “this is an opportunity for cost of electricity for our facilitate the purchase of elecMillville to lessen the cost of residents and to increase tricity at a rate lower than electricity for our residents basic service rates. since July and to increase our use of our use of renewable 2013, Colonial power has renewable energy,” said town energy. We are excited to saved households and busiadministrator Jennifer Calnesses across new England a lahan. “We are excited to proprovide Millville citizens total of nearly $11 million on vide Millville citizens with with the opportunity to their electric bills. the opportunity to have an have an option that proColonial power group, option that provides more stawhich serves more than 60 bility and lower costs.” vides more stability and municipalities in Massachu“the Millville Community lower costs.” setts, was chosen to design, Choice program provides implement, and administer the price stability, local control, - Jennifer Callahan program on behalf of Milland competition while also Town Administrator ville. nextEra Energy serlowering the burden of energy vices was selected through a costs for Millville’s residents and business community,” said Mark Cappadona, competitive process. the cost savings for Millville president of Colonial power group, inc. “We residents and businesses will begin with the commend Millville’s Board of selectmen and november 2017 meter reads (december 2017 town administrator Callahan for their forward- billings). no action is required by ratepayers to participate thinking approach to energy purchasing. By taking this action, not only are they helping to save resi- in this cost-saving program. the program will be dents and business owners money on their elec- operated on an opt-out basis, meaning that all tricity costs, they are also helping the environ- Millville residential and business customers currently on national grid’s basic service will be ment.” under the Millville Community Choice power automatically enrolled into the program unless supply program, residents will not notice any they choose to opt out. aBOut COLOniaL pOWEr grOup: Based change in their electricity service. the only discernible difference will be that nextEra Energy in Marlborough, Mass., Colonial power group is services of Houston, texas, the selected electrici- the leading aggregation-consulting firm in ty supplier for the Community Choice program, Massachusetts. Working with local and state govwill be printed under the “supply services” of ernment, it facilitates the purchase of electricity at monthly bills. residents and small business own- a rate lower than basic service rates. Colonial ers will continue to receive one bill from national power works with state officials, utility execugrid and to send payments to national grid for tives, and energy industry leaders to reduce comprocessing. there will be no interruption in munity energy costs.
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Littering iS for LoSerS! - Civic-minded kids hit the streets of Millville and part of Uxbridge for a Blackstone Heritage Corridor trash responsibly event. trash responsibly youth-focused events are held monthly in the Blackstone/Millville area. (L to r): ella reilly, Lindsay Pare, Callum reilly, James Allen, Clover Maloney, ivy Maloney, and emily Allen.
Fire Station nears completion by Susan franz Everyone driving through downtown uxbridge has watched with interest the tremendous progress on our new Fire station. the station is now in its final construction phase and thoughts are turning to recruiting new on-call members and the opportunities the new station will provide to improve service. One such potential opportunity is to expand recruiting for on-call EMs personnel outside of the town’s borders to cover second ambulance call shifts. the additional housing space in the station can be used by out of town EMs personnel who are covering a per diem shift. the extra space also lets on-call fire personnel stay closer to the equipment during harsh weather events. the uxbridge Fire department is experiencing the same issue of almost every department across the country with on-call fire fighters: the need for new members. they are currently undergoing a recruitment campaign. On-call fire fighter candidates complete a four-month training program
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during evenings and weekends. the Massachusetts Fire academy sponsors the training program free of charge and teaches recruits in fire fighting methods, safety and equipment usage, and professional procedures for incident response. recruits who successfully complete the program will be nationally certified as fire fighters. since the uxbridge Fire department will provide the personal protective equipment necessary for the program, the only investment for a candidate is time and transportation to attend the classes. it is a great opportunity to learn a new skill, serve your community, and join the dedicated and hardworking team red who daily protect our health, safety, and homes. the uxbridge Fire department is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all inquiries about becoming an on-call fire fighter. if you would like an application, a tour of the facilities, or if you have any questions, please contact terri russell at 508-278-2787 or email: trussell@ uxbridge-ma. gov.
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