The Plainfield-Blandford area is chosen as one of six regions in Massachusetts that need electric system enhancements to maintain reliability and enable distributed energy resource (DER) facilities to safely interconnect and operate.

The upgrades needed in this area include:

• Blandford susbstation upgrade with fence expansion

If all six groups of projects are approved, that would enable the integration of approximately 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar energy needed to help Massachusetts achieve its net-zero carbon emissions goal by 2050.

This DPU docket 20-75 was approved on June 4, 2024. Visit the DPU website for docket details.