Natural Gas/Pipeline
Powerful environmental group sues state over gas pipeline, The Boston Globe
PUC Staff Gives Nod to Plan for Electricity Customers to Fund Gas Pipelines, NH Public Radio
Kinder Morgan chief promises lower prices, (opinion) CommonWealth Magazine
Opponents work to prevent pipeline, Salem News
Gas pipeline under fire amid energy debate, Lowell Sun
State commission says proposed natural gas pipeline best solution for electricity costs, Keene Sentinel
Activists Say They Will Continue Trespassing At Spectra Energy Site, Rhode Island Public Radio
Natural gas expansion offers low prices, climate risk, UConn Daily Campus
Compressor station opposition in Weymouth gets Mass Power assist, Wicked Local Weymouth
Protest shuts down Essex (VT) pipeline site, Burlington Free Press
Energy Efficiency
Seth H. Handy: New lights, big savings, in RI (Opinion), The Providence Journal
Boston Medical Center aims to become city’s ‘greenest’ hospital, Boston Globe
Next Step Living partners with Millbury for home energy assessments, Millbury Sutton Chronicle
Going green — a seller’s advantage, Community Advocate
Renewable Energy
Vermont solar plan brightens green energy hopes, (Opinion) USA TODAY
Hopkinton solar farm gets OK, MetroWest Daily News
Falmouth zoning board orders turbine shutdown, Cape Cod Times
Report: Boom in VT clean energy jobs, BurlingtonFreePress.com
National Grid CEO: ‘Solar on the Rooftop Is Going to Be the Baseload, Greentech Media
Vermont city designates itself region’s solar capital, Press Herald
Waterville area targeted for residential solar electric systems, Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
Green mogul opposed wind farm off Martha’s Vineyard, blasts objectors in Vermont, Watchdog.org
Nuclear
Pilgrim Nuclear plant says it may shutdown, Boston Globe
Salisbury, Mass. selectmen join calls for Seabrook plant closure, Union Leader
Vermont Yankee begins long journey to ‘cold and dark,’ Commons News
Letter: Pilgrim’s safety, Wicked Local Plymouth
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
National Grid: Gas constraints lead to 21% winter rate hike, Utility Drive
Is Baker having a Cape Wind moment?, CommonWealth Magazine
A year in, Smart Energy program bright idea for most, Worcester Telegram
Your utility is about to get a makeover. Here’s why., Christian Science Monitor
Beaton: Hydropower data not yet available, CommonWealth Magazine
NH wants suggestions on what to look at in dealing with changes in the electric grid, Concord Monitor
More New England generation, transmission, pipelines needed: ISO:NE, Platts
Baker: New England Must Sacrifice to Lower Costs, RTO Insider
Locals will gather in Oxford to protest proposed CPV power plant, Monroe Courier
Concord’s Northern Pass subcommittee reconvenes today, Concord Monitor
National Grid bills carry winter jolt, Boston Herald
Northeast Energy News 