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...

Superior Court Directs Suit Against Delmarva to PSC A class-action challenge to Delmarva Power and Light will be heard by the Public Service Commission after a Superior Court judge ruled that the court doesn’t have jurisdiction. William Whipple III filed the case against the state’s largest utility, arguing that its Bloom...

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...

New Law Shields Regulators’ Communications The General Assembly has exempted from public review some communications among members of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. The legislature approved a bill exempting communications that occur between scheduled meetings after the regulatory agency said its communications were hampered by requests citing the Freedom of Information...

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...

Kent County Gears up for Fight Against Wind Project The Kent County Commission and area residents are preparing for a fight against the proposed Mills Branch Wind Project that would include up to 35 towering turbines on farms in the Eastern Shore county. The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, the Kent...

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...

Largest Fuel Cell Park Planned for Beacon Falls Developers have released plans to build the world’s largest fuel cell park at a former gravel pit in Beacon Falls. CT Energy & Technology would develop and own the 63.3-MW park, which would surpass the 59-MW Gyeonggi Green Energy park in South Korea...