State Briefs
News briefs from the states within the footprint of RTOs. The post State Briefs appeared first on RTO Insider.
View ArticleMassachusetts Underwhelms with 200-MWh Storage Target
Massachusetts officials the state’s electric distribution utilities must procure a combined 200 MWh of energy storage by Jan. 1, 2020. | Massachusetts DOER The post Massachusetts Underwhelms with...
View ArticleHydro-Québec Dominates Mass. Clean Energy Bids
Hydro-Québec and various partners submitted six separate proposals to meet Massachusetts’ call for 9.45 TWh a year of renewable generation. | Granite State Power Link The post Hydro-Québec Dominates...
View ArticleMassachusetts Tightens GHG Limits for Generators
Massachusetts regulators have issued new, stricter limits on greenhouse gas emissions from the state’s fossil fuel power plants and ordered utilities to buy at least 16% of their electricity from clean...
View ArticleFERC Rejects Requests for Stay of Atlantic Bridge
FERC denied requests by two Massachusetts municipalities for a stay of its January approval of the Atlantic Bridge Project. | Spectra Energy The post FERC Rejects Requests for Stay of Atlantic Bridge...
View ArticleRGGI States Agree to Increased Emission Reductions
The nine states comprising RGGI have agreed to accelerate reductions in emissions by lowering the annual allowances by 30% over 10 years. | Potomac Economics The post RGGI States Agree to Increased...
View ArticleTx Developers Pitch Mass. Clean Energy Bids
Representatives of companies that submitted transmission projects in response to Massachusetts' request for proposals made pitches at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable....
View ArticleCanada, New England Talk Energy Infrastructure
Panelists at the New England-Canada Business Council’s 25th annual conference discussed the importance of new transmission and gas pipelines. | © RTO Insider The post Canada, New England Talk Energy...
View ArticleMass. Prepares for EV Growth, Alternative Energy Standard
Massachusetts’ $2,500 rebates are increasing electric vehicle sales, and state officials are preparing for the shift in demand now. | © RTO Insider The post Mass. Prepares for EV Growth, Alternative...
View ArticleISO-NE Preparing for Energy Storage Growth
ISO-NE is working to ensure that its wholesale markets can accommodate an expected exponential growth of energy storage resources. | ISO-NE The post ISO-NE Preparing for Energy Storage Growth appeared...
View ArticleMassachusetts Awards $20M in Energy Storage Grants
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced nearly $20 million in grants for 26 energy storage projects. | © RTO Insider The post Massachusetts Awards $20M in Energy Storage Grants appeared first on RTO...
View ArticleMass. Receives Three OSW Proposals, Including Storage, Tx
Three developers have submitted proposals in response to Massachusetts’ solicitation for up to 800 MW of offshore wind energy. | BithEnergy The post Mass. Receives Three OSW Proposals, Including...
View ArticleCORRECTED: New England Leads East in Renewables Transition
ISO-NE will open the new year with a NEPOOL vote on its Competitive Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources (CASPR) concept. | ISO-NE The post CORRECTED: New England Leads East in Renewables...
View ArticleUtilities Likely to Pass Tax Bill Gains to Customers
Although electric utilities will see their tax rate fall from 35% to 21% under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, few are making plans to spend their savings. | Rhode Island The post Utilities Likely to Pass...
View ArticleISO-NE Effort to Accommodate States Leaves them Alienated
New England state regulators ended up split over ISO-NE’s CASPR proposal — yet seemingly united in their dismay over the RTO’s stakeholder process. | © RTO Insider The post ISO-NE Effort to Accommodate...
View ArticleISO-NE Seeks Path to Mass. GHG Cost Recovery
Massachusetts generators are worried they won’t be able recover the costs of purchasing additional greenhouse gas allowances under new, stricter limits. | EPA The post ISO-NE Seeks Path to Mass. GHG...
View ArticleNorthern Pass Cleans up in Mass. RFP
Eversource Energy and Hydro-Québec's Northern Pass project won a solicitation to provide Massachusetts with 9.45 TWh of renewable energy each year. | TDI The post Northern Pass Cleans up in Mass. RFP...
View ArticleCASPR Filing Draws Stakeholder Support, Protests
Stakeholders have responded to ISO-NE’s filing of a proposed two-stage capacity auction with a flurry of comments to FERC. | ISO-NE The post CASPR Filing Draws Stakeholder Support, Protests appeared...
View ArticleMass. Picks Avangrid Project as Northern Pass Backup
Massachusetts has selected Central Maine Power's transmission project as the alternative to Northern Pass for the state’s clean energy solicitation. | Eversource, CMP The post Mass. Picks Avangrid...
View ArticleCome Together on OSW, Northeast States Told
Offshore wind projects being developed through individual state procurements should be viewed as regional resources, panelists told a New England conference. | © RTO Insider The post Come Together on...
View ArticleGenerators Challenge HVDC Line at Maine PUC
Three top generators in Maine have asked the state’s PUC to allow them to intervene in the proceeding on the New England Clean Energy Connect. | Calpine The post Generators Challenge HVDC Line at Maine...
View ArticleMassachusetts Bids Adieu to Northern Pass
Massachusetts revoked its selection of Northern Pass as the sole winner of a massive clean energy solicitation. | Eversource, Central Maine Power The post Massachusetts Bids Adieu to Northern Pass...
View ArticleInterior Plans Would Boost Mass., NY Offshore Wind
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced two new proposed offshore wind leases for Massachusetts, while BOEM issued a call for commercial interest in the New York Bight. | Deepwater Wind The post...
View ArticleOverheard at the Energy Storage Association Annual Conference
Speakers at the Energy Storage Association's Annual Conference said storage deployment will likely grow to 35 GW by 2025. | © RTO Insider The post Overheard at the Energy Storage Association Annual...
View ArticleMaine Lawmakers Signal Opposition to NECEC
The leaders of two key Maine legislative committees told Massachusetts regulators that they oppose the New England Clean Energy Connect. The post Maine Lawmakers Signal Opposition to NECEC appeared...
View ArticleMass., R.I. Pick 1,200 MW in Offshore Wind Bids
Massachusetts and Rhode Island awarded procurements for offshore wind energy from what will become the two largest offshore projects in the U.S. | Vineyard Wind The post Mass., R.I. Pick 1,200 MW in...
View ArticleOverheard at NECPUC 71st Annual Symposium
Electric vehicles and the tension between state and federal jurisdiction were among the topics discussed at the NECPUC 71st annual symposium. | © RTO Insider The post Overheard at NECPUC 71st Annual...
View ArticleMassachusetts Seeks Input on Energy Plans
Massachusetts officials held three hearings across the state to get public input ahead of a September release of the state's Comprehensive Energy Plan. | © RTO Insider The post Massachusetts Seeks...
View ArticleDC Circuit Denies Rehearing on Algonquin Pipeline
A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel declined to review FERC’s approval of plans to expand capacity on the Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline. | Enbridge The post DC Circuit Denies Rehearing on...
View ArticleNew England Clean Energy Legislative Roundup
The Northeast Clean Energy Council held its annual review of energy and environmental bills the New England states took action on this year. | © RTO Insider The post New England Clean Energy...
View ArticleMassachusetts Deploys Utility-Scale Energy Storage
National Grid has begun operating a vanadium redox-flow battery (VRB) with its solar PV array in Massachusetts to demonstrate utility operation of storage. | © RTO InsiderThe post Massachusetts Deploys...
View ArticleAggregation Rising, Retail Competition at Risk in Mass.
Municipal aggregation is becoming a potent tool for cutting electric prices and greenhouse gas emissions, speakers told Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable. | © RTO...
View ArticleNew England Talks Solar, Storage and Public Policy
The 160th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable focused on solar power, both behind and in front of the meter. | © RTO InsiderThe post New England Talks Solar, Storage and Public Policy...
View ArticleMass. Offshore Lease Auction Nets Record $405 Million
Offshore wind in the U.S. hit a new milestone when the eighth federal lease auction brought in $405 million for three sites off the Massachusetts coast. | BOEMThe post Mass. Offshore Lease Auction Nets...
View ArticleMass. Inaugurates Clean Peak Standard
Massachusetts electricity suppliers won’t have any trouble this year meeting the state’s new mandate for serving a certain portion of sales with “clean peak” resources. Regulators have set the...
View ArticleMass. Looks to Double Down on OSW, Clean Goals
Massachusetts is seeking to broaden its already ambitious goals for procuring clean energy and reducing emissions, Department of Energy Resources officials told the Environmental Business Council of...
View ArticleMomentum Continues to Build for NE Offshore Wind
The offshore wind industry is poised for a wave of growth in the Northeast with expanding solicitations, falling contract prices and increasingly competitive auctions for new project sites. | © RTO...
View ArticleVineyard Wind Files Emergency Motion to Stay ISO-NE Auction
Vineyard Wind filed an emergency motion for FERC to stay ISO-NE’s 13th Forward Capacity Auction, claiming it “will suffer irreparable injury” if it is not afforded renewable technology resource status....
View ArticleFormer Mass. DPU Chair Reflects on Service
Massachusetts' former top regulator Angela O'Connor sat down with RTO Insider to talk about the challenges faced by her old agency — and the privilege of serving it. | © RTO InsiderThe post Former...
View ArticleOSW Industry Urges Cooperation as States Covet Jobs
At the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s 2019 International Partnering Forum at the Grand Hyatt New York, the talk was all about the jobs and contracts the industry would bring to states. |...
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