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FirstLight Announces Second Year of Competitive Grant Program to Support Local Organizations Advancing Climate Action and Community Impact Projects

February 1, 2024

FirstLight Sustains supports projects that promote community building and sustainability in communities across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania Burlington, MA – February 1, 2024 – FirstLight, a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, today announced the second year of FirstLight Sustains, a competitive grant program aimed at improving the quality of life in the communities…

LEADING LIGHT WIND, AN AMERICAN-LED OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT, AWARDED CONTRACT BY STATE OF NEW JERSEY; USHERS IN NEW ERA FOR DOMESTIC CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION

January 24, 2024

LEADING 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…

FirstLight Taps Jennifer Daloisio as Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations

January 17, 2024

Former MassCEC CEO joins FirstLight to lead corporate operations at the growing company BURLINGTON, Mass. – January 17, 2024 – FirstLight, a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, today announced the hiring of former Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Jennifer Daloisio as the company’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations, effective…

FirstLight and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Enter Power Purchase Agreement to Deliver Clean Power to 15 Massachusetts Municipalities

December 5, 2023

Burlington, MA – December 5, 2023 – FirstLight, a leading provider of clean energy and energy storage resources, today announced a new power purchase agreement with the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) to deliver clean power to 15 Massachusetts municipal utilities. MMWEC is the Commonwealth’s designated joint action agency for municipal utilities in Massachusetts.…

FirstLight Announces Leadership Transition

November 16, 2023

BURLINGTON, 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.…

The Women’s Edge and The Boston Globe Name FirstLight Power to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

November 3, 2023

BOSTON, 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…

FirstLight and Middleborough Gas & Electric Department Enter Power Purchase Agreement

November 1, 2023

Burlington, 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…

Observing National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 29, 2023

This 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…

FirstLight Power Announces Recipients for Inaugural FirstLight Sustains Grant Program

September 22, 2023

Burlington, 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…

FirstLight Power to Acquire Leading Canadian Renewable Operator and Developer Hydromega Services Inc.

September 13, 2023

BURLINGTON, 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…

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