Originally published in the Everett Independent
For decades, environmental activists and hopeful residents have opined for the day that clean wind power could replace the gas-powered Mystic Station powerplant on Everett’s waterfront.
Now, that day could be closer than ever as the Anbaric company has put in a proposal to ISO New England – the regions power grid manager – to go ahead with the planned closure of the Mystic Station and replace it with a major power line tied to off-shore wind power that is now being built.
The Mystic Reliability Wind Link is one of several projects proposed to ISO New England as part of an RFP process last December, but one that could transform the region’s power source to clean and renewable – and according to Anbaric – in a responsible way that could leave Everett’s air cleaner and its waterfront accessible.