By Michael Kuser Offshore wind got a boost on two fronts Friday when U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced two new proposed offshore wind leases for Massachusetts, while the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a call for commercial interest in four wind energy areas in the New...

By Michael Kuser Massachusetts on Wednesday revoked its selection of Northern Pass as the sole winner of a massive clean energy solicitation, saying it will instead enter contract negotiations with the rival New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project. The decision capped a tumultuous two months since the state chose...

By Michael Kuser Three top generators in Maine have asked the state’s Public Utilities Commission to allow them to intervene late as full parties in the proceeding on New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), the 1,200-MW HVDC transmission line proposed by Central Maine Power (CMP) and Hydro-Quebec. The 145-mile project...

By Michael Kuser BOSTON — The numerous East Coast offshore wind projects being developed through individual state procurements should be viewed as regional resources, panelists told a New England energy conference last week. The 10 GW of offshore wind slated for the region has already reached a critical mass that...

By Michael Kuser Avangrid announced Friday that Massachusetts has selected the transmission project of its subsidiary, Central Maine Power, as the alternative for the state’s 9.45-TWh clean energy solicitation if New Hampshire regulators do not approve the Northern Pass transmission line by March 27. Massachusetts awarded the contract to Eversource...

By Michael Kuser Stakeholders have responded to ISO-NE’s filing of a proposed two-stage capacity auction with a flurry of comments to FERC — many of them opposing the measure. The vetting process for the Competitive Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources (CASPR) proposal, and the late changes made by the RTO,...

By Michael Kuser Eversource Energy and Hydro-Québec were the big — and only — winners in a solicitation to provide Massachusetts with 9.45 TWh of renewable energy each year, state officials revealed Thursday. The selection of the companies’ joint Northern Pass transmission project means that an additional 1,090 MW of...

By Michael Kuser Massachusetts generators are worried they won’t be able recover the costs of purchasing additional greenhouse gas allowances after state regulators last month implemented stricter limits on emissions from fossil fuel plants. ISO-NE is floating a proposed solution. In a memo issued Friday to the New England Power...

By Michael Kuser and Rich Heidorn Jr. New England state regulators ended up split over ISO-NE’s plan for accommodating clean energy procurements — yet seemingly united in their dismay over how the RTO’s stakeholder process ended. Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island opposed the Competitive Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources (CASPR)...

 By Peter Key Although electric utilities will see their tax rate fall from 35% to 21% under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed by President Trump last month, few are making plans to spend their savings. State officials across the country are calling for utilities to pass the savings...