Mass Resources provides another important website for low & mid-income residents to get help.

MassResources.org lists a variety of agencies available to offer help to low and middle-income people in the state in many areas of everyday living. Here you can find benefits available to you, how to apply, elegibility requirements, amounts available and answers to common questions.

The Energy Assistance page also includes a quick questionnaire to help you determine if you are eligible for heating and fuel assistance under current guidelines.

Simply click on the link below and find help in one convenient website.

Nancy Parks-Dickens accepts a plaque honoring her late father, Commissioner Ed Parks

Commission Chairman Don Triner presented a plaque honoring Commissioner Ed Parks for his 8 years of service to his daughter Nancy Parks-Dickens. The plaque read:

"In recognition of eight years of service and guidance to the Board of Commissioners, the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department presents the gratitude, respect and sincere appreciation of his fellow Board members, management, staff and friends."

Dan Farley accepts a plaque from Commissioner Don Triner for his 8 years of service on the Board

Don Triner presented a plaque to outgoing interim Commissioner Dan Farley for his previous eight years of service ending last April. In November, Dan returned to complete the term for the late Commissioner Ed Parks. While a new Commissioner will be elected next month, the Board took advantage of Dan's temporary return to remind him of their gratitude "before he gets away again!"

The plaque reads:

"In recognition of eight years of service and guidance to the Board of Commissioners, the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department presents the gratitude, respect and sincere appreciation of your fellow Board members, management, staff and friends."

Supplier Distrigas Donating $1 Million to Citizens Energy to help Mass Residents Pay Gas Heat Bills

Natural gas suppier Distrigas is donating $1 million to bolster a program that helps low-income households pay heating bills.

The Citizens Energy-Distrigas Heating Assistance Program is funded by Distrigas and administered by Citizens Energy, run by Joseph Kennedy II.

The program offers $150 credits on the natural gas bills of residents who face financial hardships and either do not qualify for other fuel-assistance programs or exhaust those benefits.

Program officials say about 5,500 Massachusetts households received the $150 credits last year. To Apply: call 1-866-GAS-9918. You will be asked to leave a name & address on the message so that Citizens Energy can mail you an application form.

Kennedy, Distrigas CEO Clay Harris and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal announced the donation Wednesday in Springfield.

(view Citizens Energy Press Release)

Welcome Back! Commissioner Dan Farley - appointed to finish term of the late Ed Parks

The Commission is pleased to welcome back former Commission chairman Dan Farley, who had previously served the board and ratepayers for eight years. The Commission voted to approve the appointment just after a joint meeting with the Board of Selectmen on January 7th and welcome his insight and service for the remainder of this term.

Dan will complete the term for the late Commissioner Ed Parks who passed away in November and had also served the board for eight years. A new Commissioner will be voted into this seat in the April town elections. Anyone wanting more information about serving on the Commission should contact the administrative office at 508-947-1371.

In Memoriam - Edward W. Parks

We sadly miss the guidance and grace of Commissioner Ed Parks who passed away on November 18th. Ed was first elected to the Gas & Electric Commission in 1995, serving four years and then reappointed in 2003, serving until present.

Ed was a committed guardian of ratepayer rights and interests at MG&E, often visiting with managers to gain insights into current issues and sharing his concerns. In the past year, Ed attended nearly all scheduled Commission meetings in spite of his battle with cancer. Ed followed his wife of over 50 years, Christine, who passed away one week earlier.

Find Out How Much Greenhouse Gas You Are Creating At Home

MG&E customers can now use the Home Appliance Calculator to learn how much carbon dioxide  they are sending into the ozone when they run their appliances. CO2 makes up more than 80% of greenhouse gases produced today and, whenever we use electricity, CO2 is produced as a by-product at power plants. Customers clicking on the website's Home Appliance Calculator will now see, not only the dollars and cents they pay monthly for each appliance, but the CO2 load as well.

Customers can learn how to offset this load through recycling efforts by visiting the U.S. Government's [Climate Change] website.