[ydlr]

Actually, the town basically existed because of the TVA. It was a major employer and profits went to fund the schools and library.

[nkurz]

Coincidentally, there was an interesting article about the relationship between Massena and their power company here a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42992032

They have a publicly operated utility that seems to be working well for them. It's a good story! Direct link: https://nysfocus.com/2023/06/21/public-power-utility-massena...