Press Releases
Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant Installs FLO EV Chargers
Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) announced it has installed EV charging stations from FLO, a leading North American EV charging network operator and smart charging solutions provider. The collaboration will bring charging solutions to the historic town of nearly 25,000, thanks to a state grant.
EV Charging Stations Installed Around Town, With More To Come
HMLP is thrilled to announce that the construction and installation of four level-2 public access electric vehicle charging stations has been completed! Learn more about where the stations are, how to use them, and what this means for electrification in Hingham.
Feedback Sought on Underground Transmission Line Proposal
Hingham’s municipal electric company is holding a public virtual meeting on Oct. 12 to get feedback from Hingham and Weymouth residents about a proposed project in both towns that is desired to make electric service in Hingham more reliable.
Hingham Light Plant Crew Assisting in Florida in Aftermath of Devastating Hurricane
Three Hingham Municipal Light Plant workers — including a supervisor — are in Bartow, Florida, helping to restore power to that hard-hit community following the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Ian.
Hingham Community Survey to Inform the Climate Action Plan
Hingham Community Survey to Inform the Climate Action Plan The Hingham Climate Action Planning Committee (CAPC) has released a survey to all Hingham residents to learn more about what the community wants to include in the Climate Action Plan (CAP) being developed. The...
Hingham’s Safe and Sustainable Education Program
The Hingham Municipal Light Department has been dedicated to the Safe and Sustainable Education Program run by Ray Gouley for the past 30 years and is proud to see the program continue in classrooms today. This year, all Hingham elementary students from preschool to 5th grade participated in discussions about Mr. Ouch and electrical safety, energy efficiency, and where electricity comes from.
Vineyard Wind Forms First-in-the-Nation Partnership with Municipal Light Plants to Help Massachusetts Communities Go Green
PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH WIND PROPOSAL, AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW MLPS (INCLUDING HINGHAM MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT) TO ACQUIRE LOCALLY GENERATED WIND POWER(BOSTON, MA) – Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE:...
Important Letter to Customers
Dear HMLP Customer and Citizens of Hingham, The storm of last week, a “bomb cyclone,” was more powerful and destructive as any in recent memory. Possibly the last time we experienced one so bad was Hurricane Carol in 1954. It was the ultimate stress test for our Light...
HMLP Partners with Abode Energy to Advance Air Source Heat Pump Adoption
New HMLP community heat pump progNew HMLP community heat pump program assists Hingham homeowners when adopting efficient cooling and heating through air source heat pumps.Hingham, Mass. - Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) has launched a new program to build...