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See Electric Usage Online Through New BELD Tool

For more than 110 years, the Braintree Electric Light Department has been a nonprofit public power utility owned and operated by the citizens of Braintree.

Braintree Electric Light Department customers can now view their electrical usage data online through a portal connected to their newly-installed meters.

The tool, called Customer|Connect, shows how everyday habits affect hourly 
consumption and ultimately, monthly electric bills, BELD said in a press release. 

“Customer|Connect is easy to use and remarkably sophisticated,” said Gail Cohen, Manager of Support Services at BELD. “We expect that, by presenting consumption data to our customers on a near-real time basis, Customer|
Connect will create a powerful connection for our customers between energy consumed and money spent.”

Customers can go to beld.com/Electric/CustomerConnect.asp to view their usage.

As its usage becomes more widespread, Customer|Connect will help BELD’s 16,000 commercial and residential customers access their consumption histories to manage their resources via the web or mobile devices and make smarter decisions about energy use. 

“BELD wants to help customers learn how to conserve energy … and dollars!” Cohen said. “We hope that every BELD customer will want to use Customer|Connect and learn about our other energy-saving programs.” 

For more than 110 years, the Braintree Electric Light Department has been a nonprofit public power utility owned and operated by the citizens of Braintree.

BELD Broadband has offered high-speed Internet since 1998, cable television 
since 2000 and phone service since 2007.


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