Mystic Power Generating Station — Everett, Massachusetts

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that workers at Mystic Power Generating Station in Everett, Massachusetts were exposed to asbestos-containing pipe insulation, boiler lagging, turbine insulation, and related materials during the facility’s construction and operational periods.

Premises Description

Mystic Power Generating Station (also known as Mystic Generating Station) is a major power generating facility located on the Mystic River in Everett, Massachusetts — approximately five miles north of downtown Boston.

Operational history:

  • Construction — 1940s through 1975; multiple generating units constructed in phases
  • Mystic Units 1–7 — Constructed progressively; peak capacity exceeding 1,000 MW
  • Operators — Boston Edison Company (early units); New England Electric System; Canal Electric; later Sithe Energies, Exelon, and NRG Energy
  • Current operations — Facility continues to operate in peaking and combined-cycle configuration under Constellation Energy / NRG

The Mystic facility operated as a base-load steam generating station through the asbestos era, burning oil and natural gas and delivering electricity to the greater Boston grid. Generating stations of Mystic’s construction era incorporated asbestos throughout their steam cycle insulation systems.

Asbestos at Mystic was present in:

  • Boiler insulation and lagging on large utility boilers throughout the generating units
  • High-pressure steam turbine insulation on turbine casings, steam chests, and exhaust hoods
  • Feedwater heater insulation in the regenerative steam cycle
  • High-pressure steam and condensate pipe insulation throughout the plant
  • Pump and valve packing and gaskets in high-temperature fluid systems
  • Refractory brick and castable in boiler furnaces
  • Fireproofing on structural steel in boiler and turbine buildings
  • Asbestos floor tile and adhesive in older building sections

Boston Edison Company, New England Electric System, and successor operators have been named as defendants in publicly filed asbestos personal-injury litigation arising from this facility.

Workers Exposed

Workers allegedly exposed to asbestos at Mystic Power Generating Station include:

  • Pipe coverers and insulators (HFIAW Local 6, Boston) on boiler, turbine, and piping insulation work
  • Boilermakers (IBB Local 29, Quincy) on boiler maintenance and overhaul
  • Pipefitters and steamfitters (UA Local 537, Boston) on steam system maintenance and new work
  • Millwrights performing turbine maintenance
  • Electricians (IBEW Local 103, Boston) in control buildings and switchgear areas
  • Operating engineers and plant operators who worked in boiler and turbine rooms over multi-decade careers
  • Laborers and maintenance workers in the plant’s industrial operations
  • Contract outage workers dispatched to Mystic for scheduled and emergency maintenance

Massachusetts Asbestos Law

Mystic Power Station claims are typically filed in Suffolk County Superior Court (Boston) or Middlesex County Superior Court. Massachusetts has a three-year statute of limitations (M.G.L. c. 260, § 2A) running from the date of diagnosis. Wrongful death claims: three years from death (M.G.L. c. 229, § 2).

If You Worked at Mystic Generating Station

If you or a family member worked at Mystic Power Generating Station in Everett, Massachusetts — during construction, operation, or outage maintenance — and were diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have legal rights.

Free, confidential case evaluation: contact O’Brien Law Firm at (314) 237-3332. No fee unless a financial recovery is made.