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ADEQ Begins Gathering Feedback on CPP Compliance The Department of Environmental Quality conducted the first of four conference calls Nov. 18 for stakeholders to submit data and feedback for the department’s final comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. (See MISO, SPP Join in as Ark. Begins Crafting...

Partnership Adds 11 EV-charging Stations Eleven new electric vehicle charging stations have been added at five locations under a program called “Charging Up Delaware,” a partnership between the University of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. It brings the number of charging stations in the...

By William Opalka CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Speakers at the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association’s dinner meeting last week discussed pending legislation in Maine, the future of the proposed Northern Pass Transmission project and net metering. Daniel Allegretti, a vice president of state government affairs for Exelon, spoke about the prospects...

By William Opalka When the Clean Power Plan was released last year, New York’s grid operator was concerned with its impact despite the state’s membership in a regional carbon trading regime. Reliance on coal generation had threated reliability, in the view of NYISO, so changes needed to be made, even...

Fuel-Cell Plant Headed to Siting Council A principal in the Middletown company that wants to build a 63.3-MW fuel-cell power plant in Beacon Falls says the project’s plan will be submitted to the Connecticut Siting Council by the end of month. The Beacon Falls Energy Park, which was announced in...

Personal finance website WalletHub has released a study that ranks the states and D.C. based on the average monthly cost of energy, with breakdowns by electricity, natural gas, vehicle fuel and home heating oil. D.C. ranked lowest overall, followed by Colorado and Washington state. Connecticut, Wyoming and Massachusetts had the...

Regulators Call Halt to Eversource Work Site Closure The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has ordered Eversource Energy to delay the proposed closure of a regional district office in Simsbury until it could assess the effect of a previous round of closures of district work centers throughout the state. Eversource sought the...

The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative said their 28th auction of carbon dioxide allowances raised $85 million for investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy and other programs. More than 15.5 million allowances were sold at the clearing price of $5.50. Bids for the...

The Independent Market Monitor for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative found no evidence of anti-competitive conduct in the CO2 allowance secondary market, according to its report. Potomac Economics found that the average transfer price of CO2 allowances during the first quarter of 2015 was $5.46, approximately 5% higher than in...

State Offers Incentives for Electric Vehicles The state is offering a cash rebate of up to $3,000 to buyers of electric cars. An incentive program offers customer rebates and will provide dealers with bonuses for selling electric or hydrogen vehicles. The incentive program is funded by $1 million that the...