The Marblehead Municipal Light Department (MMLD) provides the Town of Marblehead with safe and reliable electric service at competitive rates from a changing portfolio of power sources design to reduce carbon emissions. The Department was established by a vote of Town Meeting on March 15, 1894 and the construction of the original Light Plant was completed in 1895.
Electric Bill Payment
You can pay your monthly electric bill online with BillPay, by mail, or in person at our office or at a dropbox conveniently located around town.
Visit our Ways to Pay Your Electric Bill page to learn more.
If you are planning an outdoor project that includes digging, there may be buried utility lines that you need to avoid. Electric lines, as well as natural gas, water, sewer, telephone and cable television pipes and lines, may be located underground where you intend to dig. Before you begin digging, you must contact Dig Safe at 888-DIG-SAFE to find out what you need to avoid underground.
Each Spring in the elementary schools throughout Marblehead, students in grades K – 4 learn about electricity and why it’s important to respect its power. This popular program features a safety instructor who visits classrooms to teach basic facts about electric power and its potential dangers. The classroom instruction includes handbooks and videos along with hands-on demonstrations to underscore the program’s content.
In an effort to encourage energy efficiency in Marblehead, the Light Department is offering rebates to residential customers who purchase energy-efficient appliances. Rebates are also available for those customers who wish to improve the insulation in their own home or who purchase a programmable setback thermostat. For more information on this program call the Energy Services Coordinator at (781) 631-0240, or visit the Marblehead Municipal Light Department website.
The Light Department also offers residential customers a service called HELPS (Home Energy Loss Prevention Service). Customers can call (888) 333-7525 with any questions about energy conservation in their home or to find out more about getting a home energy audit.
The Light Department created a Residential Safety Checklist, which gives ten quick checks you can make in your home to make it more electrically safe, and a Workplace Safety Checklist for businesses and industry. These checklists can be found on the Light Department’s website.