Business Hours Customer Service:
(781) 631-5600
After-Hours Emergencies:
(781) 631-0240
As we enter 2026, we’d like to share some of what you can expect from the Marblehead Light Department in the new year. We look forward to several new initiatives intended to invest in our local system for the benefit of our customers. These upcoming projects are expected to focus on reliability of our distribution system, resiliency of our transmission supply, and affordability of our power portfolio. Additionally, we are eager to complete several ongoing projects, including our new Village Street substation.
This year, we also want to help you gain more control over your energy costs, whether through efficiency rebates, electrification incentives, or outreach and engagement activities. Watch for details via our new customer newsletter—The LightKeeper, here on our website, and in social media.
As always, we remain committed to providing exemplary customer service, delivering reliable power, maintaining competitive rates, reducing our carbon footprint, and fostering a safe, productive working environment. On behalf of our entire team, thank you for being such a supportive community and have a Happy New Year!
With respect and gratitude,
Jon Blair, General Manager
MMLD's The LightKeeper is now electronic and easier to read on your phone, tablet, or on your desktop computer.
Find the Light Department News, Customer Communications, Rebate & Incentive information, and more — right here.
In 2024, MMLD adjusted its rate structure for all metered classes of electric service. These revenue-neutral rate changes were a continuation of our multi-year plan to ensure our rates accurately reflect the Cost of Service study findings undertaken by Utility Financial Solutions LLC, (UFS), a highly reputable, nationally recognized firm in Holland, MI.
Use our Rates Page to help you understand your rates. If you have any questions, call us at (781) 631-5600 or send us an email.
MMLD's "Go Green Now!"program is for customers who are concerned about climate change and want to do something about it. It's an optional rate opportunity to purchase your electricity from 100% Carbon-free Energy sources!
Customers who opt-in to “Go Green Now!” agree to pay an agreed-upon monthly incremental amount. (There's always an opt-out option.) All customers making 12 Green Choice payments in a year will receive written confirmation that their prior year energy usage was in fact 100% Carbon-free.
NEXTZERO is Marblehead’s Residential Energy Efficiency and Conservation service. NEXTZERO provides Home Energy Audits (HEA), assistance with Home Energy Improvements, EV Charger Programs, ENERGY STAR® Appliance Rebates, Heating & Cooling Rebates, and much more. Click through the options below to see some of latest offers or visit NEXTZERO Marblehead.
Marblehead Municipal Light Department's residential energy audit partners, NextZero and The Center for EcoTechnology, have launched a new Online Scheduling Tool. Conveniently schedule your free Residential Home Energy Audit quickly online.
Begin learning what steps you can take to implement energy and cost-saving measures today.
Need help paying your heating bills and keeping your home warm during heating season? The Home Energy Assistance Program at North Shore Community Action Programs, Inc. helps income-eligible households pay their winter heating bills—even if the cost of heat is included in your rent.
Read the NSCAP Home Energy Assistance Flyer or get answers to your questions on the FAQs Flyer in English & Spanish.
Photo credit: The Marblehead Current.
The largest Solar Field and the largest Municipally-owned Solar Project in MA, 7 megawatts on 35 acres, can now power up to 1,500 homes including Marblehead! It's helping MMLD meet our Net-Zero Carbon Energy Goals years before our goal date, plus offers financial advantages.
Take the aerial tour of the Master Sgt. Alexander Cotton Solar Project in Ludlow.
MMLD former General Manager, Joseph Kowalk, was honored by the Northeast Public Power Association at a ceremony in August with the New England Public Power Association’s (NEPPA) Distinguished Service Award.
Read more on our News Page.
The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company has reached an agreement to acquire hydropower generated at two Connecticut power plants that will supply more clean power to 14 MA municipal light plants, including the Marblehead Municipal Light Dept. Read more on our News Page or see the Press Release PDF.
The opportunity to view Light Commission Public Meetings is now on our Video Library page.
New customer? Considering an upgrade or change to your service? Review our Terms & Conditions of Electric Service.
See the longterm economic benefits of municipal light plants like Marblehead Municipal Light Dept in dollars and cents.
If you would like to make a Tax-deductible Donation to this program to help your neighbors in need, please send a check made payable to NSCAP-Marblehead-NHN to:
North Shore Community Action Programs
Attn: Community Outreach (COR)
119R Foster Street, Building 13
Peabody, MA 01960
You may also donate online. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.
Check out the NEXTZERO Incentives, Rebates, Programs, Tax Incentives, & Free Energy Audits! Save money and contribute to decreasing the effects of climate change and global warming.
Get more information.
MMLD is a participant in Phase II of the Brodie Mountain Wind Project at one of the windiest sites in the Commonwealth. Construction is complete. Learn more.
MMLD is a municipally-owned electric company that has been totally independent from large regional electric companies since 1894. We're "consumer-owned", and the citizens of Marblehead are our stockholders. That's a win-win for our town's homes and businesses in many ways.
Over 125 years ago, citizens and businesspeople with vision struck a choice for energy independence. Like all great Yankees, our town went the independent route and chose to provide Marblehead with electricity through our own utility — instead of outsourcing this essential responsibility to a private entity that would be out of the town's (and customers') control.
Learn more about the advantages of having a municipal light company power our community.