Horizon Solutions has moved in to our new office in Quincy, MA - just outside of Boston.  This office is primarily aimed to serve our Boston Metro area Lighting & Energy customers and is the headquarters for Horizon's Lighting & Energy Services (HLES) team.  Located at 1212 Hancock Street, Suite LL15, Quincy, MA - the office is right across the street from the Quincy T station, as well as convienient to downtown Boston and the airport. The new office in Quincy, MA is just one of several investments Horizon Solutions is making in 2010 to better serve our customers.

Horizon Lighting & Energy Services has met the criteria to become a "Qualified Partner" with Efficiency Maine's Business Program effective January 1, 2010.  

Our Energy Specialists are fully trained on the programs and services available through Efficiency Maine.  This training, combined with years of experience installing energy efficient systems, makes Horizon Lighting & Energy Services you best source for design, installation and rebate/incentive filling for your next energy efficiency project.

Horizon Solutions is delighted to announce the addition of John W. Alba, CLMC to our Lighting and Energy Services team. John brings a wealth of hands-on experience in the Energy Services marketplace to his new role as an Energy Services Specialist with Horizon. With the addition of John, Horizon Lighting & Energy Services is positioned to rapidly respond to the growing needs of customers in the greater Metro Boston and Western MA marketplaces, who are looking to implement energy efficient systems.

Horizon Launches Lighting & Energy Services Website!  
www.hs-energyservices.com 

Horizon Lighting & Energy Services will be exhibiting at the NGRID Energy Expos in Albany and Buffalo, NY Oct. 7 & 9.

Governor Deval Patrick this morning called on business leaders to embrace his vision for the state's emerging clean energy industry, both to reduce their own costs and to boost the state's economy by capitalizing on a growing field.

"The Stone Age didn't end, as somebody said, because we ran out of stone, but because humankind had a better idea," Patrick said in a speech before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this morning at Westin Copley Place. "Clean energy is a better idea -- better for our pocketbooks, better for the planet, and better for our economy."

- Millions Available to Help Large Manufacturers in New York State Improve Energy Efficiency - 

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today approved $24.4 million in funding for an electric and natural gas energy efficiency program to improve the energy efficiency of large-scale industrial customers, a substantial incentive to these economically important, job-sustaining large manufacturing companies.

“Improving energy efficiency is of critical importance to large industrial companies as they compete in a global marketplace,” said Commission Chairman Garry Brown. “We are proud to find ways to help improve the energy efficiency of highly valued industrial consumers. We are confident these programs will enable these companies to prosper and create much-needed regional employment opportunities.”

Springfield Technical Community College is getting a three-year $1.87 million contract to create energy efficiency workforce training programs to be used at other area community colleges. The college was chosen as the hub to develop this job training initiative by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, which was created by the Green Communities Act of 2008 to foster growth in the clean energy sector.

National Grid today welcomed the Waxman-Markey Bill that aims to legislate the first Federal measures to control greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

Tom King, President of National Grid U.S., applauded the introduction of this significant Bill.

“Tackling climate change through comprehensive legislation that is fair and balanced and supported by the Obama Administration is a significant step forward for our nation, and one that it is long overdue. But we are in difficult times and we must work together to drive economic recovery and ensure the right long term investments are made in energy efficiency and renewable energy.”

In an unparalleled move to dramatically reduce energy use in Massachusetts, a coalition of the Commonwealth’s leading energy efficiency providers is unveiling a three-year plan to deliver services to residents and businesses that will ultimately net more than $4 billion in energy savings. If the plan is approved, the coalition will begin offering an increased level of services to their customers in 2010.

Governor Deval Patrick signed a landmark energy bill yesterday that does away with long-standing obstacles to building renewable power projects in Massachusetts and making homes and businesses more energy efficient.

The Green Communities Act was hailed by environmentalists as among the most innovative efforts in the nation to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and to encourage use of clean technologies that don't contribute to global warming.