EVERSOURCE PROPOSES PURCHASE OF CMELD.

We put together this page for you, the owners of CMELD, as a resource during the proposed sale of the Chester Municipal Electric Light Department. Check back here for the latest information and follow us on Facebook to get updates directly in your news feed.

IMPORTANT DATES

APRIL 22, 2024 | 6-8PM

PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION

The Town of Chester will hold a Public Information Session on Monday, April 22, 2024, from 6-8pm at Chester Town Hall Auditorium for Residents and Rate Payers to learn more about the Eversource Proposal to Purchase CMELD. All are welcome to come and ask questions. Representatives from Eversource and CMELD will be present at the meeting.

HAVE QUESTIONS?

Customers are encouraged to submit questions to be addressed at upcoming meetings regarding Eversource’s proposal to purchase CMELD.

SUBMIT A QUESTION

MLP VERSUS IOU

If you’ve lived in Chester your whole life, you may not realize that the electrical needs of the surrounding communities are provided by an investor-owned utility (IOU) – Eversource. So, is there a difference between an municipal lighting plant (MLP) and an IOU?

Yes! There are three major differences:

LOWER RATES

Our customers are our shareholders. We do not make a profit and our resources are reinvested into our system to lower costs and increase performance.

COMPARE RATES

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Since you are our main concern- you come first. We work daily to be here to address any of your electrical needs and concerns.

RELIABILITY

We work to respond to any outages in an efficient and expedient manner. Since we are local and have a strong familiarity of our system, we can respond to outages in a faster manner than IOU crews who have larger territory to cover.