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...

Dynegy CEO: Exelon Bill Endangers Jobs, Plants Dynegy CEO Flexon Legislation proposed by Exelon that would impose a customer surcharge to provide more revenue for its Illinois nuclear fleet would put jobs at risk at competing coal-fired power plants, Dynegy CEO Bob Flexon said. “It’ll have a severe economic impact on...

Delmarva Customers May Have to Wait Months for One-Time Credit Exelon has promised $40 million for one-time customer credits in Delaware as part of a settlement to get approval for its takeover of Pepco Holdings Inc., but there is no telling when customers will see the credit. Public Service Commission spokesman...

ComEd Smart Grid Bill Becomes Law Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved a bill allowing Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois to avoid legislative review of a sweeping grid modernization program until 2019 instead of 2017. Critics, including the Citizens Utility Board, worry that the move will allow the utilities to...

Little Rock Operations Center Opened to Serve MISO’s Southern Expansion MISO has opened a $22 million regional operations center in Little Rock. The 50,000-square-foot facility works in concert with MISO’s control facilities in Carmel, Ind., and Eagan, Minn. The facility was needed after MISO expanded its territory into the Gulf...