Nikki Bruno with Eversource says it's important for states to ensure regulations support natural gas alternatives, such as geothermal energy.

When it was his turn to ask a question during the opening panel of FERC’s technical conference on modernizing electricity market design in ISO-NE, Commissioner Mark Christie started with the part of his résumé that includes 17 years as a member of the Virginia State Corporation Commission. FERC Commissioner Mark...

Massachusetts is trying to balance affordable electricity rates with the need to properly compensate early adopters of solar in the state. The Department of Energy Resources in 2019 suggested a change to the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) that it says is necessary to save ratepayers money. Others, however,...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday approved the final permit for Vineyard Wind I, signaling the start of commercial-scale offshore wind energy in the U.S. The Vineyard Wind project will bring 84 turbines to the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. They are expected to...

Algonquin Gas Transmission is appealing FERC’s decision earlier this year to examine safety concerns with the operation of a compressor station in Weymouth, Mass. The limited liability company, which is a natural gas pipeline asset of Enbridge, filed a petition last week with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. It...

State energy officials in New England have recently pressed their case for reforms at ISO-NE with a series of online technical forums during the last three months focused on the RTO’s wholesale electricity market design, transmission system planning process and governance. There is also a recognition that significant equity and environmental justice considerations exist...

A transmission line proposed by Eversource Energy in eastern Massachusetts has regulators seeking more information about whether solar-plus-storage would be an appropriate non-transmission alternative for the project. Solar panels and battery storage are "no longer in the boutique range;" they are "becoming pretty substantial," Andrew Greene, director of the Massachusetts...

Some communities will need to consider where they can "sacrifice trees for clean energy generation that mitigates catastrophic climate change," Kelly Friend, vice president of policy and regulatory affairs at solar energy company Nexamp, said Thursday. Likewise, Friend said, energy companies must compromise with the communities where they want to...

The latest in a series of state official-led online technical forums to discuss ISO-NE’s governance issues publicly on Thursday focused on transparency in the RTO’s decision-making. Anne George, vice president of external relations and corporate communications at ISO-NE, said the RTO has "a strong tradition of outreach and engagement with...

The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) tentatively approved the contentious relocation of a substation in East Boston on Monday during a public meeting. The "notion that a substation is part of a fossil fuel past is a false, politically motivated narrative," Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and...