MSPE invites all members and non-member guests to join us on Wednesday, September 16 from 5 - 6:30 p.m. to experience a presentation and tour of the Braintree Electric Light Department's power plant, the Watson Generating Station.

The event will kick off with introductions and refreshments, followed by a site overview presentation and safety notes before distribution of personal protective equipment (see below). Participants will then proceed to the production facility and begin touring the power plant.

WHEN:  Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: BELD Main Office | 150 Potter Road, Braintree, MA 02184

COST: FREE (with RSVP)

The station’s simple-cycle gas-fired plant was powered by the first two Rolls-Royce Trent 60 gas turbines built for the U.S. power generation market – known as Watson Units #1 and #2. Both Watson Units are bid into the ISO New England market system daily and are dispatched based on their total price. BELD retains 30% of the output of both units, and the other 70% is under contract to seven other public entities.

The Station was named one of the 14 best power plants in the world in the January-February 2010 edition of Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide magazine.

Learn more about the output and benefits of the Watson Generating Station.

In operation since 1892, Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD), is one of 41 municipal light departments organized under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 164, and one of more than 2,200 municipally-owned light departments in the country.  BELD is recognized locally and nationally as an innovator in technology and new services.

BELD Main Office | 150 Potter Road, Braintree, MA 02184

The main gate will be unlocked. Parking is free and plentiful outside the main office building. Participants will enter the main entrance of the office building and take the elevator to the 2nd floor conference room.