The governors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont released a joint statement Wednesday calling for reforms to ISO-NE, saying the RTO is frustrating their efforts to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions. "Here in Rhode Island, we’re committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonizing our future. I’m...

[contact-form][contact-field label="Name" type="name" required="true" /][contact-field label="Email" type="email" required="true" /][contact-field label="Website" type="url" /][contact-field label="Message" type="textarea" /][/contact-form]More than 200 people joined the annual two-day Energy Action Network (EAN) Summit online last week to hear ideas on how to tackle some of the clean energy challenges facing the mostly rural Vermont, including increasing...

Officials from New England’s six states on Friday described their efforts to advance renewable energy goals despite the coronavirus pandemic. "We’re really lucky to live in this region where so many states are pushing for clean energy," said Catherine Finneran, vice president for sustainability and environmental affairs at Eversource Energy,...

By Michael Kuser ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie said Thursday that implementing a carbon price in New England’s wholesale power markets would be "simple" but that state officials need to signal their support before the RTO can act. Van Welie made his comments in his response to a Feb. 19...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — More than 300 people last week attended the annual Renewable Energy Vermont conference, where state officials, renewable energy advocates and a Vermont congressman described their efforts to combat climate change while calling for even more measures. Vermont DPS Commissioner June Tierney speaks to the 2019 REV conference...

By Michael Kuser BOSTON — Fifty power industry participants gathered at the law offices of Brown Rudnick on Thursday to hear the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) provide updates on new energy legislation — or a lack thereof — in all six New England states. The discussion illustrated the uneven...

By Michael Kuser HARTFORD, Conn. — New England regulators are struggling to deal with how rapidly public policy is transforming the region’s wholesale electricity markets, state officials said Monday at the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners’ (NECPUC) 72nd annual symposium. As if to drive home the point about...

By Michael Kuser BURLINGTON, Vt. — Climate change mingled with politics at last week’s Renewable Energy Vermont Conference and Expo, where state regulators and officials expressed frustration with federal and RTO policies. Renewable Energy Vermont held its 2018 Conference and Expo in Burlington on Oct. 18-19. | © RTO Insider...

By Michael Kuser BOSTON — This year’s legislative sessions in New England produced clean energy developments ranging from Connecticut’s “most important energy bill” in seven years, to Massachusetts taking “baby steps,” to Rhode Island taking what might turn out to be a “regrettable pause.” Vermont even passed a bill requiring...

CAPE NEDDICK, Maine — The future of the grid, electric vehicles, high costs, and the tension between state and federal jurisdiction were among the topics discussed at the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners’ (NECPUC) 71st annual symposium last week. Katz | © RTO Insider New England faces “some...