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This is not the first time the University has ventured into the utilities business. The University built and operated from 1985 to 1998 the Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP), which supplied steam, electricity and chilled water to Harvard’s Longwood Campus and to many surrounding buildings...
...MATEP was controversial and widely regarded as a failure, as Harvard paid more than $350 million to build the plant and sold it for $147 million...
...When MATEP was sold, administrators questioned whether Harvard had any place getting into the energy business...
...Harvard has been addressed, and the book will serve as a good background read for anyone looking more closely at any one facet of the University (such as the difficulties of the Visual and Environmental Studies Department or the colossal failure of the Universitys Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP)). Despite the problems the Kellers have making everything fit within their argument, Making Harvard Modern uses thorough and solid research to tell a fascinating story...
...There is a very big difference between this [Blackstone] facility and the MATEP plant,” Vautin said. He noted that the Blackstone plant almost solely serves the University and not a multitude of customers, like MATEP. He also noted that most institutions the size of Harvard own their own steam plants...