[CPEO-BIF] Brockton (MA) "brightfield"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brockton on cutting edge with solar project

By Jennifer Kovalich
Brockton Enterprise (MA)
April 28, 2006

BROCKTON — About 150 years ago, Bay State Gas Co. was manufacturing gas 
from coal on Grove Street to power street lights.

Now, on the same property, the gas company is partnering with the city 
to bring a different kind of power to Brockton, this time from the sun.

"It's almost poetic," said Stephen Bryant, president of Bay State Gas Co.

As the sun beamed brightly Thursday, city, state and federal officials 
celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking for New England's largest solar 
field.

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For the entire article, see
http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2006/04/28/news/news/news02.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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