NSTAR
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NSTAR is a private utility company that provides retail electricity and natural gas to customers in eastern and central Massachusetts.
NSTAR was formed by a merger and is composed of the following utilities: Boston Edison Company, Cambridge Electric Light Company, Commonwealth Electric Company and NSTAR Gas Company.
NSTAR sold its interest in the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant to FPL Group (Florida Power and Light) in 2002. (See the associated FPL press release (http://www.fpl.com/news/2002/contents/02010.shtml).)
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NSTAR was also the name of the Ion Engine tested on NASA's space probe Deep Space 1
External links
- NSTAR website (http://www.nstaronline.com/).
- Proceedings from the Boston Edison restructuring (http://www.mass.gov/dte/restruct/competition/companies/bostoned.htm) from the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy.