Sen. Moore fights for lower electric bills

Requests Cape Wind/National Grid agreement be reconsidered

Senator Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, believes that individual consumers and the state economy will be harmed by National Grid's deal to purchase high cost electric power from the Cape Winds project. In a letter to the Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission, the veteran lawmaker requests "that the Department reconsider its approval of the Cape Wind/National Grid power sales agreement in view of the significantly reduced purchase prices for wind-generated electricity submitted by NSTAR and other utilities.

MA Life Science Center wants your ideas!

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, recently announced the launch of an open solicitation for life-sciences related capital projects beginning in Fiscal Year 2013. The Center will invest in high-potential economic development projects across the state in order to create jobs and make a significant contribution to the state's life sciences ecosystem. The Center has allocated up to $25 million in capital dollars for this initial solicitation.