After two years of studying the industry, evaluating technologies and filing for special legislation, Braintree Electric Light Department received Town Meeting approval to move ahead with constructing a new power plant. BELD staff has begun the process of building a simple-cycle gas-fired power plant on land currently occupied by the retired Potter I Generating Station on Potter Road.

Please click on a link below for details on this project, and watch this page for more information in the future.

• Schedule of construction-related activity (17Kb xls file)
• Rolls-Royce Press Release - 11/06 (2 Mb - Word document)
• Project Update (28 Kb - PDF file)
• Project Schedule (84 Kb - PDF file)
• Informational presentation to Town Meeting and other groups (12 Mb - PowerPoint file)
• Rendering ( 1.13 Mb - JPG file)
• Site Plan (529 Kb - PDF file)
• Representative Transport Vehicle for Turbine Generator (18.43 Mb - BMP file)
  
• Town Meeting Member Updates
• 9/17/07(53 Kb - PDF file)
• 5/07/07 (203 Kb - PDF file)
• 4/24/06 (210 Kb - PDF file)
• 4/04/06 (120 Kb - PDF file)
• 3/17/06 (120 Kb - PDF file)
• 2/17/06 (120 Kb - PDF file)
• 1/13/06 (180 Kb - PDF file)
• Related articles and media coverage
• Boston Globe Power Plant article (420 Kb - PDF file)
• 11/07 WATD interview with Bill Bottiggi (2.4 MB - mp3 file)