Groton Electric Board Extends PCA, OKs Power Buy

Electric Light Commission · Meeting of October 5, 2026

Groton Electric Light Commission weighed a $5.75 monthly rate hike but deferred a final vote. MMWEC Treasurer Haley Tedrusny's cost-of-service study recommended raising fixed customer charges across the board, including a $17.75 increase for commercial customers, while zeroing out the department's power cost adjustment into base rates. Commissioners worried about the optics of simultaneously lowering commercial and high-tension rates while raising residential bills for 88 percent of customers, and leaned toward holding those two classes flat instead, with implementation targeted for December 1.

The board voted unanimously to extend the current power cost adjustment one more month and authorized General Manager John to purchase a half-megawatt power strip for January and February 2027, with MMWEC's power supply representative Ryan telling commissioners "the mandate is to mitigate risk."

In the full story:

• Approval of Minutes and Manager's Report
• MMWEC Relationship and Room-Sharing Thanks
• MMWEC Cost of Service and Rate Study Presentation
• [01:27:34] — a commissioner, Groton Electric Light Commission
• [01:26:45] — Olin Lathrop, Member, Groton Electric Light Commission
• Reserve Methodology and Goodwill Discussion
• Battery Project 3 Update
• Power Supply Hedging Update and Purchase Authorization
• Other Business: Meeting Recordings and Next Meeting
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,661 words

Source: the Electric Light Commission meeting of October 5, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.