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NEW MILFORD, Conn. – January 26, 2024 – FirstLight, the owner and operator of the Rocky River Pumped Hydro Storage Station, will initiate the drawdown season for Candlewood Lake, which includes Squantz Pond, on January 31, 2024 — with this season’s schedule dictated by unseasonably high flows and shifting weather patterns. The drawdown, executed in…
Read moreLEADING LIGHT WIND WILL SUPPLY NEW JERSEY WITH 2,400 MW OF CLEAN ENERGY – ENOUGH TO POWER MORE THAN 1 MILLION HOMES – FROM OVER 40 MILES OFFSHORE $3.7 BILLION IN ANTICIPATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS AND CREATION OF UP TO 7,500 JOBS FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PROJECT INCLUDES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TRANSFORMATIONAL…
Read moreBURLINGTON, MA – November 16, 2023 – FirstLight, a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, today announced the imminent departure of its President and CEO, Alicia Barton, who has been with the company for the past three years, and the appointment of her successor, current Chief Operating Officer, Justin Trudell, effective December 1, 2023.…
Read moreBOSTON, MA – (November 3, 2023) – The Women’s Edge (formerly The Commonwealth Institute) together with its partner The Boston Globe, today announced that FirstLight Power was a part of the 23rd annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts list, recognizing the honorees during a celebratory breakfast event. FirstLight, which was listed as #51 last year, moved up to…
Read moreBurlington, MA – November 1, 2023 – FirstLight Power, a leading provider of clean energy and energy storage resources, today announced a new power purchase agreement with the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department (MGED). Through the agreement, MGED will purchase 35.3 percent of the output of hydroelectric power and equivalent renewable energy credits from FirstLight’s Shepaug…
Read moreThis Saturday, September 30th, marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a critical acknowledgment of the tragic legacy of Canada’s residential schools and a day of commemoration, mourning and reflection honoring and recognizing the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration…
Read moreBurlington, MA – September 22, 2023 – FirstLight Power, a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, today announced the recipients of over $59,000 in grant money, in the first year of the FirstLight Sustains program. FirstLight Sustains is a competitive grant program to improve the quality of life in the communities where FirstLight…
Read moreBURLINGTON, Mass. and MONTRÉAL, Québec – September 13, 2023 – FirstLight Power (FirstLight), a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, today announced that it has finalized an agreement to acquire Hydromega Services Inc. (Hydroméga), including ownership interest in five hydropower generating stations in Québec and five additional hydropower generating stations in Northeastern Ontario. In…
Read moreLake Zoar – Beginning on October 21, 2023, FirstLight will conduct a fall drawdown of Lake Zoar at the Stevenson Dam to conduct its maintenance and inspection activities. The normal summer operating range of the station is from 103’-100.5’, and the drawdown will target an elevation of 98.5’. The drawdown will lower lake levels to minimum…
Read moreMontague, MA – June 27, 2023 – Effective June 28, the U.S.G.S. S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center’s security gate in the Patch section of Turners Falls will be closed to vehicular access on evenings and weekends, with vehicular access being modified to 7:00 AM through 5:00 PM on weekdays. In addition, security will be…
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