WMGLD General Manager Dion Elected President of MMWEC

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(Wakefield, MA) – Pete Dion, General Manager of the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD), was recently elected President of the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC), a nonprofit, public corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

            As President, General Manager Dion serves with a 12-member Board of Directors comprised of seven managers or commissioners of MMWEC member utilities elected by the membership, and two directors appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts. The governing bodies of the towns of Hampden, Ludlow and Wilbraham appoint the remaining three representatives.

            “I am honored to serve as MMWEC President, not only to be an advocate for municipal utility interests in the development of New England’s electricity marketplace, but to also be a voice at the table for WMGLD customers and others serviced by a municipal electric utility,” the General Manager said.

Founded in 1969 to provide services to the consumer-owned, municipal utilities of Massachusetts, MMWEC provides numerous power supply services, including power supply forecasting and planning, project and contract development, power supply and demand management, as well as a range of services facilitating municipal utility participation in wholesale power markets. MMWEC also provides a variety of financial services, including bond issuance, money management, treasury, accounting and budgeting services, as well as engineering and project operations, risk management, information systems and business services.

“MMWEC has ownership interests in five electric generating units, including the Stony Brook Intermediate Unit, and the Stony Brook Peaking Unit, both in Ludlow; the Seabrook Station, Millstone Unit No. 3, and W.F. Wyman Unit No. 4.,” he added.  “Through MMWEC, the WMGLD has ownership interest in all these units. It is important that I continue the WMGLD’s longstanding involvement in, and commitment to, this important organization.”

In addition to the bond-financed power supply projects, MMWEC negotiates contracts and makes other arrangements to meet the bulk power requirements of its 20 members and 28 project participant utilities, and serves as an advocate for municipal utility interests in the development of New England’s electricity marketplace, as well as a variety of regulatory, legislative and judicial forums.

            In addition to MMWEC, General Manager Dion is active in the American Public Power Association (APPA) as a member of the APPA Policy Makers Council, a national council that makes policy recommendations to the Board of Directors and APPA membership. He was recently recognized by APPA for his contributions as Chairman of the organization’s Communications and Control Committee Engineering and Operations Section.