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Avangrid Optimistic on NECEC, OSW

'Disappointed' with 2019 Earnings
Feb 27, 2020
Michael Kuser
By Michael Kuser Avangrid said this week it expects to begin construction this year on the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project to bring Canadian hydropower to Massachusetts despite a potential referendum on the project in Maine. "We still expect to start construction in the third quarter of 2020...
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Overheard at the 163rd NE Electricity Roundtable

New Regulatory Chiefs Share Policy Plans; OSW Developers Look to Future
Sep 30, 2019
Michael Kuser
BOSTON — New chief utility regulators from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine last week shared their visions of grid modernization and resource adequacy at Raab Associates’ 163rd New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable. The regulators were followed by a panel of all three offshore wind developers that bid into the latest solicitation...
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Overheard at ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group: Sept. 5, 2019

Sep 8, 2019
Michael Kuser
PORTLAND, Maine — ISO-NE on Thursday continued its decade-long tradition of taking its show on the road — this time to Maine — to hear from the region’s residents and share with them the latest activities at the RTO. ISO-NE Vice President Anne George addresses the RTO's quarterly Consumer Liaison...
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NE States See Mixed Results on Energy Policy

Aug 4, 2019
Michael Kuser
By Michael Kuser BOSTON — Fifty power industry participants gathered at the law offices of Brown Rudnick on Thursday to hear the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) provide updates on new energy legislation — or a lack thereof — in all six New England states. The discussion illustrated the uneven...
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New England Officials Speak on Grid Transformation

Jul 14, 2019
Michael Kuser
By Michael Kuser WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — State and regional officials last week updated the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBCNE) on the rapid progress of renewable energy development across the region. EBCNE President Daniel Moon welcomes regional state energy officials to update his members at the Massachusetts Division of...
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New England Regulators Talk Wholesale Market Evolution

Jun 3, 2019
Michael Kuser
By Michael Kuser HARTFORD, Conn. — New England regulators are struggling to deal with how rapidly public policy is transforming the region’s wholesale electricity markets, state officials said Monday at the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners’ (NECPUC) 72nd annual symposium. As if to drive home the point about...
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Maine PUC Move Poses Hurdle for NECEC

Oct 26, 2018
Michael Kuser
By Michael Kuser Maine regulators on Friday suspended hearings on Central Maine Power’s proposal to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England grid via a 145-mile transmission line across the state. The move by the Maine Public Utilities Commission poses a significant setback for the Avangrid subsidiary’s New England Clean...
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FERC OKs Discounted Tx for Maine Biomass Plants

Oct 1, 2018
Michael Kuser
FERC on Thursday approved Emera Maine’s proposal to provide discounted transmission service to two ReEnergy biomass plants in northern Maine (ER18-2123, ER18-2124). The commission’s Sept. 27 order also found that a protest from Maine Gov. Paul LePage lay outside its jurisdiction. LePage alleged that Emera would recover the cost of...
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Net Metering NECEC Clean Energy

New England Clean Energy Legislative Roundup

Aug 6, 2018
Michael Kuser
By Michael Kuser BOSTON — This year’s legislative sessions in New England produced clean energy developments ranging from Connecticut’s “most important energy bill” in seven years, to Massachusetts taking “baby steps,” to Rhode Island taking what might turn out to be a “regrettable pause.” Vermont even passed a bill requiring...
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NECPUC Electric Vehicles EV Federal Jurisdiction

Overheard at NECPUC 71st Annual Symposium

May 28, 2018
Michael Kuser
CAPE NEDDICK, Maine — The future of the grid, electric vehicles, high costs, and the tension between state and federal jurisdiction were among the topics discussed at the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners’ (NECPUC) 71st annual symposium last week. Katz | © RTO Insider New England faces “some...
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