The ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group’s first meeting of the year March 12 featured a discussion on the impact of the Biden administration’s energy policies on New England consumers. The CLG meets quarterly and serves as a public forum between the RTO and New England consumer organizations and advocates to exchange...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown can expect a raft of policy recommendations to land on her desk this spring prescribing how her state can build a comprehensive — and equitable — electric vehicle charging network. But a number of the proposals will be difficult to implement — at least in the...

As electric vehicles become more common in Washington, the state will need more charging infrastructure to sustain them. A bill is working its way through the state legislature to map out what and where those needs will be. "The market demand is growing each year, and we ought to be...

Seattle-based Amazon — one of the nation’s largest employers with a huge fleet of trucks and planes — threw its support this week behind a Washington bill to trim carbon emissions from motor vehicle fuels sold in the state. If passed, House Bill 1091 would mandate that carbon emissions from...

Connecticut officials and gasoline trade associations squared off Monday over the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) during a 12-hour virtual public hearing held by the General Assembly’s Environment Committee. The hearing sought input on three bills, including one regarding climate change adaptation and another on environmental air quality. But S.B. 884, which...

New Jersey is pushing to cut carbon emissions from the mammoth Port of New York and New Jersey, with an infusion of more than $35.5 million to electrify cargo transportation and cut emissions in environmental justice areas. Gov. Phil Murphy on Feb. 16 announced grants totaling $19.5 million for the...

A Nevada state agency is seeking approval by year-end for a program to tighten vehicle emission standards and increase availability of electric cars, bringing the state’s regulations in line with those of California. The program, Clean Cars Nevada, was announced by Gov. Steve Sisolak in June. The Nevada Division of...

New Hampshire legislators are considering a bill that would require the state’s vehicle fleet to be emissions-free by 2042 (SB 131-FN). Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a similar bill in 2019, citing concerns about the costs of electric vehicles at the time. But Sen. David Watters (D), sponsor of the bill,...

With Washington’s first hydrogen production facility slated to be built in his district, a state legislator has introduced a bill to create tax exemptions for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. The bill (SB 5000) by state Sen. Brad Hawkins (R) to apply a partial sales tax exemption to hydrogen FCEVs...

Maryland’s largest school district last month approved a contract to lease 326 electric school buses over the next four years — the largest single procurement of electric school buses in North America and one that would double the number of battery electric school buses in the U.S. But the real...