Gloucester signs new electricity provider (Gloucester Daily Times 10/16/2018)

Lanesville resident Bill Thoms says he's all for increasing renewable energy

"I think it's like motherhood and apple pie, isn't it?" he said Tuesday.

Yet he and other residents have a number of questions about a new city of Gloucester energy program that promises to offer more rate stability, an alternative energy provider to local National Grid customers and extends the carrot of lowering rates.

​"If it stabilizes rates, if it provides renewable energy, I applaud that," said Thoms, who, like most National Grid customers in Gloucester, received notification by mail of the program Monday or Tuesday. "But I'm not convinced this is going to save us a dime, and I wish people would be more open about telling us that." (Read more)