Friday, February 22, 2013
The Braintree Electric Light Department serves all of the town with electricity and also offers various TV, phone and Internet services.
From the Braintree Electric Light Department: If you are a Verizon Internet customer, we need your help in resolving a technical problem affecting your email. Verizon is blocking BELD Broadband server smtp1.beld.net (IP 24.233.95.156). As a result, hundreds of Verizon customers are not getting email from hundreds of BELD Broadband subscribers. If you are a Verizon customer, you may not be receiving legitimate personal email. We have tried to use Verizon's online portal for unblocking the server and we've spent considerable time on the phone attempting to resolve this issue. Verizon representatives finally informed us that they will NOT address the issue unless they hear directly from these customers. We only handle email for our domain …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Region that Regan will represent the Northeast from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, to New York, and all of the New England states.
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Thursday, February 21
Longtime Braintree resident and Braintree Electric Light Commissioner Jim Regan has accepted an appointment from the American Public Power Association (APPA). Commissioner Regan will serve for the next three years as a member of the Policy Makers Council (PMC). The PMC is made up of locally-elected and appointed officials from public power communities across the country. Its mission is to assist APPA in moving legislation forward that is important to the public power electric utilities nationwide. Mr. Regan currently serves as Chairman of the Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD). First elected as a Commissioner in 2006 Regan said he is deeply honored to serve on this 40 member council and is looking forward to the challenge, of …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
BELD said all of its nearly 16,000 customers experienced outages as some point during the Blizzard of 2013.
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Thursday, February 14
Below is a letter from the GM of the Braintree Electric Light Department on the Blizzard of 2013: The Blizzard of 2013 was an historic storm that will most certainly be talked about for years to come. The combination of heavy snow and wind gusts over 65 mph brought down trees and power lines in Braintree, leaving many homes without heat and electricity. As you know, Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD) staff and crews worked diligently throughout the storm, doing everything within our abilities to restore power and limit the number of affected customers within our community. All 15,895 BELD customers experienced an outage during the storm. For 43 percent of them, the outage lasted only 13 seconds. A large group of the other 57 …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
An outage this morning on Church Street has been dealt with, and workers continue to address issues throughout Braintree.
UPDATE: A note from the Office of Mayor Joseph Sullivan: "Due to last night’s storms the Mayor has decided to keep the compost site on Plain Street open for the weekend instead of closing it tomorrow afternoon as originally planned." From the town website: Where is the Compost Site? Take Kendall Ave. off Pearl St., you come to fork in the road, which becomes Plain St., the road ,to the Site is to the left as you enter the Cemetery. Go straight up the road and you will see an attendant who will assist you. ***** ***** ***** UPDATE: BELD reported at about 2 p.m. that all storm-related power outages have been addressed. ***** ***** ***** As the temperatures soared, so did the wind speeds. A practically spring-like 56 degrees …
Friday, September 14, 2012
For more than 119 years BELD has been a nonprofit public power utility owned and operated by the citizens of Braintree.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD) will celebrate national Public Power Week with a tent at the Braintree Farmers Market on September 29 and a Senior Breakfast on October 1. This annual celebration is observed by more than 2,000 electric utilities that collectively provide electricity on a not-for-profit basis to 43 million Americans. Look for the tent BELD donated to Sustainable Braintree, and join us at the Farmers Market between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 29. To promote the viability of solar energy, BELD has been powering a water cooler with a solar powered generator during Farmers Market hours. The generator was purchased with some of the money realized from the sale of solar renewable energy certificates (SRECs…
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The Sunset Lake Concert Series, sponsored by the Braintree Electric Light Department, spanned the summer on Tuesday evenings.
On Tuesday, Aug. 7, Braintree experienced its final Sunset Lake Concert of the summer, featuring a performance by The Reminisants, six musicians who played a wide range of popular and classic tunes. The concert series is sponsored by the Braintree Electric Light Department and was held on Tuesdays throughout the summer.
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
The Sunset Lake Concert Series, sponsored by BELD, runs on Tuesday evenings through the summer.
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
Another event in support of fundraising for Project PROVE’s 40th Anniversary celebration/annual reunion will be this Tuesday night’s Sunset Lake concert, featuring Ramshackle, whom you heard if you made it to the Braintree Farmers Market a couple of weeks ago. Ramshackle is an acoustic trio which includes Braintree native Robin Roy Huer. Ramshackle has provided musical accompaniment for PROVE reunions, in some form or another, since the first event in 2004. The Sunset Lake Concert Series, sponsored by BELD, runs on Tuesday evenings through the summer. The concert featuring Ramshackle is on July 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Rain date is Wednesday. We’ll be selling wristbands again to raise money for a bronze plaque, commemorating 40 …
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Monday, April 9, 2012
A problem with the Needham community power site took several Boston channels off the air on Sunday, April 8.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
BELD Broadband is continuing to experience disruptions to local channels 4, 8 and 19 (WBZ, WSBK and WGBX) as well as their high-definition counterparts 504, 508, and 519. A transmission line or antenna fault at the Needham community tower site took several Boston broadcast stations off the air Sunday, April 8. These particular channels are continuing to experience technical difficulties at their over-the-air transmitter site. According to a statement on its website, the station has had crews working on the situation since last night and hopes to have service restored soon. “We began notifying our customers of the outage when we found out about it from another operator early this morning,” said BELD Broadband Division Manager Jack Orpen. “…
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
For 118 years Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD) has been a nonprofit public power utility owned and operated by the citizens of Braintree.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
BELD Broadband, Braintree’s community-owned and -operated broadband department, has announced several upgrades to its High-Speed Internet and phone services for residential customers. BELD.net customers who initially signed up for 15 Mbps Premium service can now enjoy speeds up to 18 Mbps down at no additional charge. And all BELD Broadband Internet customers will find their webmail space increased from 45 MB to 500. “BELD.net customers are allowed up to six email accounts, so this change essentially gives them three gigabytes of space free,” said Municipal Light Board Chairman Jim Regan during a recent meeting with Vice Chair Tony Agnitti and Secretary Tom Reynolds. “It will let people send larger files like photos and videos without …
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
BELD was founded in 1892 by Thomas Watson, making the department one of the oldest of its kind in the country.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
From the April, 2012 edition of the Braintree Electric Light Department's Bright Ideas newsletter: A group representing Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD) met in February with U.S. Senator Scott Brown and others in Washington, D.C. to discuss electric industry issues impacting BELD. Included in the group were Municipal Light Board (MLB) Chairman James Regan, MLB Commissioners Anthony Agnitti and Thomas Reynolds, and BELD General Manager William Bottiggi. The Braintree representatives had a productive meeting with Senator Brown, addressing topics that directly affect BELD’s current electric rates as well as those that may affect rates in the future. A significant issue is the dramatic increase in regional transmission costs being …
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Julie Clancy
7:00 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
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