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Mass. OKs new NStar wind power option

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May 1, 2008

BOSTON—NStar electric customers in Massachusetts will be able to buy renewable energy directly from wind farms under a newly approved billing option.

The state Department of Public Utilities approved the "NStar Green" program on Wednesday.

NStar's more than 1 million residential customers in eastern and central Massachusetts will be able to buy either half or all their electricity from wind farms in the Northeast. Sue Reid, of the Conservation Law Foundation, estimates an average customer will pay a premium of about $4 to $7 per month above current basic service rates.

The energy would come from either Maple Ridge Wind Farm in upstate New York, or from Kibby Mountain, a wind farm under development in Maine. NStar has signed two 10-year contracts to receive energy from the wind farms.

NStar is collaborating in the program with environmental organizations.

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