WMGLD General Manager Dion Re-Elected President of MMWEC

Pete Dion, General Manager of the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD), was recently re-elected to his third one-year term as 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 to vote on matters affecting their respective towns.

"I am honored that my peers have elected me to serve as MMWEC President for the next year," the General Manager said. "I will continue to be an advocate not only for municipal utility interests in the development of New England’s electricity marketplace, but also for WMGLD customers and others serviced by a municipal electric utility."

Founded in 1969 to provide services to the consumer-owned municipal utilities of Massachusetts, MMWEC provides numerous power supply services to its 20 members and 28 project participant utilities, 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.