Light Board defers budget decisions, schedules May 27 follow-up

WELLESLEY — May 20, 2026 — Wellesley Municipal Light Board takes no votes, points to May 27 for budget discussion. Members described the utility as "capital heavy" for the next several years as reliability-driven infrastructure work continues, including roughly $300,000 in underground cable replacement whose old reels are sold to a salvage yard intact rather than scrapped. The board reviewed limited storm damage from the prior day — "two things on the skyline" — and asked whether the town's battery storage system had captured the monthly peak; staff said a fault condition left the battery only partially deployed and that month-end data would settle the question. Members deferred setting a June meeting date, opting for an email poll after the chair consults a staff member identified only as Dave.