GREENFIELD — Residents and businesses enrolled in the Greenfield Light and Power program, according to the mayor’s office, have saved a total of $208,000 in the first half of 2017, and municipal electricity accounts have saved $35,000 — all while using 100 percent “green” electricity.
“Greenfield uses municipal aggregation as a tool to accomplish economic and sustainability goals, reduced energy costs and increased energy independence,” Mayor William Martin said in a news release.” The fact that we can provide the community with 100 percent green electricity at a savings over the utility rate is an achievement that furthers clean energy goals while also keeping more money in residents’ and businesses’ pockets.”
Greenfield is also now recognized as an EPA Green Power Partnership Community. Greenfield Light and Power was nationally recognized as a 2016 Crown Community by American City and County for pioneering the purchase of locally generated renewable energy certificates into the aggregation at no cost to the town.
“We are happy to announce that this practice will continue through 2017, which guarantees an income stream to local residents and businesses that have solar projects,” Energy and Sustainability Director Carole Collins said in the release. “This is a unique feature of Greenfield’s aggregation and solidifies the town’s commitment to supporting the local economy and several Sustainable Master Plan goals.”