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By William Opalka CROMWELL, Conn. — Requests for proposals for the next rounds of multistate clean energy, efficiency and storage procurement were released on Wednesday. Katie Scharf-Dykes © RTO Insider The RFPs were for resources from 2 to 20 MW as well as energy efficiency and energy storage, according to...

By Ted Caddell Dynegy and private equity firm Energy Capital Partners announced Thursday they are buying the U.S. fossil fuel generation portfolio of French utility ENGIE, a total of 8,731 MW in PJM, ISO-NE and — in a first for Dynegy — ERCOT. The deal is valued at $3.3 billion.

Reports: Solar Jobs Increased in 2015 The Solar Foundation, a D.C. solar power advocacy nonprofit, has released its annual Solar Jobs Census for 2015. The report details the number of people working in the solar industry in each state. Overall, the workforce experienced rapid growth over the past year, increasing...

By William Opalka Tennessee Gas Pipeline is asking Massachusetts regulators to grant it access to more than 400 properties whose owners have refused to cooperate with the company as it prepares for construction of the Northeast Energy Direct project. Opponents of the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline marched in protest last...

By William Opalka Winter reliability, the forward capacity market and infrastructure expansion have been the dominant themes in New England in recent years, and 2016 appears to be no different. Record warmth this winter has kept power prices tame and new reliability incentive programs are expected to ensure adequate fuel...

Congressional Delegation Meets with Moniz Boozman All six members of the state’s congressional delegation met on Dec. 10 with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to press for answers about the proposed Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission project, which would deliver wind energy from the Oklahoma panhandle to Arkansas and...

A divided panel of Connecticut regulators on Wednesday gave final approval to Iberdrola USA’s $3 billion takeover of UIL Holdings. The state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority voted 2-1 in favor of the deal, which it had tentatively approved last month. (See Connecticut Regulators Poised to OK Iberdrola Acquisition of UIL.) In...

New England Supplies Deemed Adequate New England electricity supplies should be sufficient to meet consumer demand this winter, but constraints on the region’s natural gas pipelines could pose a challenge to reliable fuel supplies for generators, according to ISO-NE. (See ISO-NE: Little Room for Error in Winter.) The region will once...

By William Opalka Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday released a study that said additional interstate natural gas pipelines are not needed to guarantee the reliability of New England’s electric grid over the next 15 years. Instead, reliance on demand response and energy efficiency would protect consumers and also...

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...