Natural Gas/Pipeline
Massachusetts natural gas pipeline investment plan questioned, Platts
Rep. Speliotis sees tough pipeline fight, The Salem News
National Grid sees only a limited role for LNG, (opinion) Boston Globe
Federal regs would preempt NH regs on eminent domain for pipeline projects like Kinder Morgan, Concord Monitor
DPU agrees to hold Western Mass. hearing on Berkshire Gas-Tennessee Gas pipeline deal, MassLive.com
Proposal lets electric firms join pipelines, Lowell Sun
Natural Gas Pipeline Battle Hammers New England Ratepayers, NewsMax
Energy Efficiency
Maine utility regulators vote against reconsidering Efficiency Maine decision, Press Herald
National Grid customers to save $427 million with energy-efficiency programs, FierceEnergy
A new star in energy efficiency, Greenwichtime.com
Ameresco to Partner with the Town of Framingham for Comprehensive ESPC, (press release) MarketWatch.com
Renewable Energy
Council, mayor spar over solar farm, Eagle Tribune
Company files to build renewable natural gas plant, BurlingtonFreePress.com
Solar officials want Mass. production cap lifted, Lowell Sun
Solar panels helping RI to meet renewable energy goals, Turn to 10
US court overturns dismissal of challenge to Mass. offshore wind farm, Reuters
Deepwater Wind Contracts With Rhode Island Ferry Company, North American Windpower
Maine utility regulators keep wind power negotiations alive, Brattleboro Reformer
A tempest of conflicts swirls within Maine anti-wind nonprofit, Press Herald
Appeals court let’s Cape Wind case proceed, Commonwealth Magazine
Nuclear
Entergy gets good marks for hostile-action drill, Rutland Herald
Looking back at Seabrook, Clamshell Alliance, Gloucester Times
NRC to meet with Dominion official Thursday, The Day
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
Boston: A Model for the Emerging Distributed Energy Paradigm, Energy Efficiency Markets
Maine opponents of smart meters take case to court of last resort, Lewiston Sun Journal
Report: Region’s 2014 wholesale power markets competitive, Worcester Business Journal
National Grid focuses on U.S. growth as annual profit advances, Bloomberg News
This is your energy future, (opinion) Fosters Daily Democrat
Northeast Energy News 