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Ensuring affordable, long term, environmentally sound disposal of MSW

The Municipal Review Committee, Inc. (the MRC) is a non-profit organization that represents 187 Maine municipalities that have their municipal solid waste (MSW) delivered to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company, L.P. (PERC) waste-to-energy facility (the Facility).  The MSW is shredded, passed by magnets to recover ferrous material for recycling, then processed into fuel for use in generating electricity. In 2011, the Facility received nearly 314,000 tons of MSW, recovered over 9,100 tons of ferrous material and generated nearly 160,700 MWh of electricity.   

The MRC oversees the contract and ownership interests in the PERC facility on behalf of the 187 member communities. PERC has a unique ownership structure, in which 78 municipalities and inter-municipal districts  are limited partners that together own 22.963 percent of the PERC partnership. The MRC represents the municipal owners on the PERC Oversight Committee on matters of operational issues, capital and major maintenance projects, business and contractual decisions and participation in formulation of state-wide laws, regulations and policies for solid waste management. The MRC and the private partners work together in what is truly a public-private partnership to achieve shared objectives.