Environment

Income-Tiered Electric Community Carshare Starting in Jamaica Plain

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Starting June 6, there will be two parking spots in a Centre Street municipal parking lot dedicated to an income-tiered community electric carshare. The parking lot at 737 Centre St. will have two reserved spots for Good2Go, which is funded by E4TheFuture and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. In 2020, the city dedicated several parking spots as electric vehicle charging stations in the municipal lot. Good2Go features tiered pricing, and customers can qualify for the reduced $5 per hour rate (half the regular rate) by demonstrating enrollment in a public assistance program such as showing a SNAP or WIC card, a utility bill showing the receiving of fuel assistance, living in affordable housing and more.

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Environment

Eversource Customers Automatically Enrolled in City’s Community Choice Electricity Program

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Boston's  Community Choice Electricity (CCE) program, which enables the city to leverage collective buying power of Boston to secure more stable and affordable electricity rates, and more clean power, will officially launch Feb. 1, 2021. CCE is an opt-out program that offers customers electricity choices without any change in delivery or any contractual commitments. The city will begin sending notices to residents on Eversource Basic Service on Dec. 4.  Those residents will be automatically enrolled in the program unless they actively choose opt out.

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Business

Eversource Warns: Scammers Calling Say They’re Reps and Demanding Money in JP

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Eversource issued a scam alert that people are calling Jamaica Plain and Roslindale residents posing as company reps threatening to cut power off unless they receive instant payments. In a series of tweets Eversource said their official representatives never demand instant payment over the phone and don't require the use of prepaid phone cards. They also provided a phone number, 1-800-592-2000, if you have any questions or think you've been a victim or approached by a scammer.  

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Neighborhood Life

Manhole Problem Sparks Outages in Pondside, Hyde Square

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@janggolan @universalhub smells like straight up bbq over here pic.twitter.com/vWhyIYqk8q— Alex Carlson (@killersim00) July 21, 2015

An equipment failure beneath Moraine Street caused power outages in the surrounding area Monday night into Tuesday. Rhiannon D'Angelo of the utility Eversource said the problem took place about 9 p.m. Monday. At its peak, more than 350 customers lost power, she said. Half of those had power restored within two hours. Resident Alex Carson Tweeted, "smells like straight up bbq over here."

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Power outage map as of 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2015.
Neighborhood Life

Power Out Near Green Street T

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A Greenley Place resident reported the loss of power on Saturday. Crews from Eversource, the utility previously named NStar, are responding. @EversourceMA power out again Greenley place, JP. What's up Eversource? @universalhub @02130News— la primavera (@spring_taco) March 14, 2015

If your power is out, you can report it by sending Eversource your phone number or account number at this page.

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