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KERRY J. KUHLMAN
President and Chief
Operating Officer, WMECO
Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO) is a regulated distribution company serving approximately
200,000 customers in 59 communities in western Massachusetts, including Springfield, Pittsfield and Greenfield.
WMECO celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1986, existing prior to 1942 as four separate companies.
In November 1997, Massachusetts approved legislation enabling utility restructuring, allowing consumers to
choose their generation suppliers. The legislation went into effect in March 1998. Today, WMECO operates
solely as a distribution company.
The company has programs to meet its customers’ special needs and for economic and
community development. For example, WMECO is partnering with the city of Pittsfield’s
Economic Development Authority to provide land use assessment and planning for the
former General Electric complex, as well as identification of specific industry clusters that
will support its economic development initiatives.
WMECO also is active in such community initiatives as funding an environmental education center with the Girl Scouts
and establishing an ongoing environmental partnership with them, donating meters to the University of Massachusetts
for its research project to measure the efficiency of the school’s 20 electric vehicles, supporting the Regional
Employment Board’s Summer Jobs Program, and reaching out to the community to share information about WMECO’s
residential discount rate and other programs that can help customers better manage their energy needs.
WMECO
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY
10 CORE BUSINESS