PMLP to Celebrate 125th Anniversary

Peabody, MA - Peabody Municipal Light Plant (PMLP) will celebrate its 125th Anniversary on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The free community event will be held at the PMLP Main Office Building, 201 Warren Street Ext., and will feature face painting, music, give-a-ways, balloons, safety displays and materials, conservation information and materials, and the opportunity to ‘touch a PMLP truck.’ Science Fair projects will also be on display. The celebration will also include hamburgers and hot dogs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“We’re excited to be celebrating our 125th Anniversary as a community-owned, not for profit, electric utility,” PMLP Manager Glenn Trueira said. “We will begin our community celebration in Lynnfield on Saturday, May 21, as a sponsor of the Townscape’s Geraniumfest and Field Day Event, and will continue the festivities on June 18 in Peabody.”

The Peabody Municipal Light Plant was established on June 18, 1891, after the citizens of Peabody voted at a special Town Meeting to establish their own municipal light plant and to appropriate $50,000 to construct an electric steam generating plant. PMLP began officially providing service to South Lynnfield on June 1, 1913, as a result of votes by the Town of Peabody on September 10, 1912 and the Town of Lynnfield on March 10, 1913.

Since its beginnings in 1891, PMLP has grown to become the fourth largest of 40 municipal electric utilities in Massachusetts, with more than 26,000 customers.

“We invite everyone to join us at the PMLP 125th Anniversary Celebration on June 18,” Trueira said. “We hope our Lynnfield and Peabody customers will also stop by to see us at the Geraniumfest and Field Event at the Lynnfield Middle School from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM.”

Customers are also welcome to use the shuttle service from the Torigian Senior Center  to PMLP throughout the day on June 18.