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In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations to... more In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations totaling $38 million to build fiber connections to homes and businesses. They are members of a cooperative called Wired-West. If all the towns went forward to collectively operate a regional network and provide services, they'd capture economies of scale and retain revenue locally.
プロジェクト・ファイナンス(第3回)通信案件におけるプロジェクト・ファイナンスの最近の動向
In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations to... more In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations totaling $38 million to build fiber connections to homes and businesses. They are members of a cooperative called Wired-West. If all the towns went forward to collectively operate a regional network and provide services, they'd capture economies of scale and retain revenue locally.
SSRN Electronic Journal
Residents of Concord, Massachusetts, have a history of triggering important initiatives in geopol... more Residents of Concord, Massachusetts, have a history of triggering important initiatives in geopolitics, American literature, and now municipal fiber optic infrastructure. After a decade of studying how to improve the town's Internet access-and encountering significant opposition from the telecommunications industry-the town ultimately decided to take control of its communications future by constructing its own 100-mile fiber optic network. The project started in 2009 when voters authorized the town's municipally owned electric utility (Concord Municipal Light Plant, or CMLP) to build the network as part of a 3.9millionsmartgridabletosupportcontrolandsensorsystemsthatcanimprovereliability,reducecosts,andcontrolpeak−hourenergyconsumption.Next,in2013,thetownborrowed3.9 million smart grid able to support control and sensor systems that can improve reliability, reduce costs, and control peak-hour energy consumption. Next, in 2013, the town borrowed 3.9millionsmartgridabletosupportcontrolandsensorsystemsthatcanimprovereliability,reducecosts,andcontrolpeak−hourenergyconsumption.Next,in2013,thetownborrowed600,000 to fund the startup of an Internet access business, called Concord Light Broadband. The town began making fiber connections to subscribers' premises in early 2015. By the end of 2016 CMLP was serving about 750 customers with service of up to 200 Mbps upload and download. Today the town's network is also helping the town avoid 108,000inannualcommunicationscostsandgenerate108,000 in annual communications costs and generate 108,000inannualcommunicationscostsandgenerate88,000 in leasing revenue. On the smart grid side, the fiber has allowed CMLP to more reliably control electric heat-storage systems in customers' homes. A contractor serving the town believes CMLP could generate $125,000 in annual revenue by allowing New England's transmission system to time when these heaters, plus electric hot-water heaters, are switched on and off-an effort that would help balance electricity supply and demand in the region. Paybacks on the town's project are not yet fully covering debt service and operating costs, but it is still early days for Concord's network. Fiber-based smart grids have realized significant paybacks elsewhere, notably in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (See companion report: "Smart Grid Paybacks: The Chattanooga Example.") Fiber lasts 30 years, and Concord's smart grid debts will be paid off after 15 years. The town has recently launched a strategic plan in part to guide use of the smart grid to reduce peak demand, reduce operating costs, enhance revenue, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. 2 Cover photos: Public domain (statue); Kearsarge Energy (array); Courtesy of CMLP (fiber map) Citizens Take Charge: Concord, Massachusetts, Builds a Fiber Network Key Findings • In 2009 Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP) started work on a 100-mile fiber optic and wireless network to provide backhaul for a smart grid. The fiber passes 95 percent of homes and businesses in town.
In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations to... more In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations totaling $38 million to build fiber connections to homes and businesses. They are members of a cooperative called Wired-West. If all the towns went forward to collectively operate a regional network and provide services, they'd capture economies of scale and retain revenue locally.
プロジェクト・ファイナンス(第3回)通信案件におけるプロジェクト・ファイナンスの最近の動向
In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations to... more In 2015 these 24 towns, all lacking highspeed Internet access, passed borrowing authorizations totaling $38 million to build fiber connections to homes and businesses. They are members of a cooperative called Wired-West. If all the towns went forward to collectively operate a regional network and provide services, they'd capture economies of scale and retain revenue locally.
SSRN Electronic Journal
Residents of Concord, Massachusetts, have a history of triggering important initiatives in geopol... more Residents of Concord, Massachusetts, have a history of triggering important initiatives in geopolitics, American literature, and now municipal fiber optic infrastructure. After a decade of studying how to improve the town's Internet access-and encountering significant opposition from the telecommunications industry-the town ultimately decided to take control of its communications future by constructing its own 100-mile fiber optic network. The project started in 2009 when voters authorized the town's municipally owned electric utility (Concord Municipal Light Plant, or CMLP) to build the network as part of a 3.9millionsmartgridabletosupportcontrolandsensorsystemsthatcanimprovereliability,reducecosts,andcontrolpeak−hourenergyconsumption.Next,in2013,thetownborrowed3.9 million smart grid able to support control and sensor systems that can improve reliability, reduce costs, and control peak-hour energy consumption. Next, in 2013, the town borrowed 3.9millionsmartgridabletosupportcontrolandsensorsystemsthatcanimprovereliability,reducecosts,andcontrolpeak−hourenergyconsumption.Next,in2013,thetownborrowed600,000 to fund the startup of an Internet access business, called Concord Light Broadband. The town began making fiber connections to subscribers' premises in early 2015. By the end of 2016 CMLP was serving about 750 customers with service of up to 200 Mbps upload and download. Today the town's network is also helping the town avoid 108,000inannualcommunicationscostsandgenerate108,000 in annual communications costs and generate 108,000inannualcommunicationscostsandgenerate88,000 in leasing revenue. On the smart grid side, the fiber has allowed CMLP to more reliably control electric heat-storage systems in customers' homes. A contractor serving the town believes CMLP could generate $125,000 in annual revenue by allowing New England's transmission system to time when these heaters, plus electric hot-water heaters, are switched on and off-an effort that would help balance electricity supply and demand in the region. Paybacks on the town's project are not yet fully covering debt service and operating costs, but it is still early days for Concord's network. Fiber-based smart grids have realized significant paybacks elsewhere, notably in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (See companion report: "Smart Grid Paybacks: The Chattanooga Example.") Fiber lasts 30 years, and Concord's smart grid debts will be paid off after 15 years. The town has recently launched a strategic plan in part to guide use of the smart grid to reduce peak demand, reduce operating costs, enhance revenue, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. 2 Cover photos: Public domain (statue); Kearsarge Energy (array); Courtesy of CMLP (fiber map) Citizens Take Charge: Concord, Massachusetts, Builds a Fiber Network Key Findings • In 2009 Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP) started work on a 100-mile fiber optic and wireless network to provide backhaul for a smart grid. The fiber passes 95 percent of homes and businesses in town.