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Major Massachusetts Projects

We are continuously working to improve the reliability and resiliency of our system.

Focuses include maintenance activities, station enhancements, transmission and distribution line upgrades and more.

Below are the major projects being worked on in Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Transmission Projects

Boston

Cambridge/Somerville

Cape Cod

  • Cape Cod Solution - A co-optimized, multi-phase transmission program to efficiently and cost-effectively improve electric reliability on Cape Cod and allow for the integration of offshore wind energy.

Martha's Vineyard

  • Martha's Vineyard Reliability and 91 Cable Replacement Projects - New lines will interconnect to existing substations in the area and will bolster system capacity and reliability on Martha's Vineyard to meet growing energy needs. These projects will also help facilitate our efforts to decrease our carbon footprint by decommissioning the five existing diesel generators on the Island.

Metro Boston

South of Boston

West of Boston

Underground Cable Modernization

  • Underground Cable Modernization - Modernizing and increasing the capacity of the existing underground transmission cable systems by replacing existing fluid-filled cable with cross-linked polyethylene cable. Lines are West Springfield to Springfield, Acushnet to New Bedford and Hopkinton to Milford.

Geothermal

  • Geothermal Pilot Project - A Framingham neighborhood will be the site of a first-of-its-kind, innovative networked heating and cooling system using renewable power from the earth.

Natural Gas Projects

Natural-Gas-Expansion

Connecticut, New Hampshire Projects

See what we're working on in other states