Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. v. Town of Danvers
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 22, 1991PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In this case we are asked to construe power sales agreements between the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) and utilities in Massachusetts. These agreements are part of a project created to finance the acquisition of electric power from the Seabrook nuclear power project by utilities and municipalities in Massachusetts and surrounding States, including Vermont. The Vermont Supreme Court determined that the power sales agreements between MMWEC and certain utilities in Vermont were void ab initio. The remaining municipalities and utilities in Massachusetts (defendants)…
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