Five of Top 10 Efficient States in Northeast Five of the top 10 energy efficient states are in the Northeast, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2015 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. Massachusetts holds the No. 1 rank for the fifth year in a row, having overtaken California in...

Inuit Association Seeks Nunavut Interconnection to Manitoba System The Kivalliq Inuit Association says connecting its remote electric grid in the far northern, and sparsely populated, territory of Nunavut to Manitoba’s hydroelectric power would be a win for the region, despite the estimated $904 million cost. An engineering study commissioned by...

By William Opalka When the Clean Power Plan was released last year, New York’s grid operator was concerned with its impact despite the state’s membership in a regional carbon trading regime. Reliance on coal generation had threated reliability, in the view of NYISO, so changes needed to be made, even...

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...

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...

By William Opalka The second transmission line proposed to bring Canadian hydropower into the Northeast under Lake Champlain has advanced with the release of its draft environmental impact statement. (Click to zoom.) The New England Clean Power Link, proposed by Transmission Developers Inc.-New England (TDI-NE), is a high voltage, direct...

By William Opalka New England governors last week backed away from their 2013 commitment to share the costs of new gas pipelines and electric transmission, announcing a revised regional energy strategy that gives individual states more flexibility. A joint statement released after a summit on Thursday in Hartford, Conn., reaffirmed...

DNREC Taking Public Comment on Controversial Refinery Water Permit A plan by the Delaware City Refinery to upgrade its cooling water intake and discharge will be the subject of a public comment session on March 24. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control in December said it had reached...