Newton, Mass has signed an historic contract for all of the city’s
electricity customers that is 60 percent from local renewable sources such as
solar and wind, significantly reducing Newton’s carbon footprint while also
cutting the price customers pay.
This is an additional 46 percent above the state mandate for
renewables.
Today’s decision makes Newton the community with the highest
percentage of additional local renewable electricity of any municipal
aggregation program in Massachusetts. Of the 40 cities and towns with municipal
aggregation programs, the closest to Newton’s 60 percent is Brookline’s
39 percent.
