Massachusetts has a long history of municipal power companies; along with schools, fire, police, water and sewer 41 towns also own and run the electric grid. Th

Massachusetts has a long history of municipal power companies; along with schools, fire, police, water and sewer 41 towns also own and run the electric grid. Their association claims 24% lower distribution costs then investor owned utilities. Here is a map of who supplies power in each Massachusetts town: http://images.masscec.com/uploads/attachments/ElectricUtilityMap.pdf http://images.masscec.com/uploads/attachments/ElectricUtilit... Massachusetts has a real problem with patronage jobs, but it is at the state level, not local.