Natural Gas/Pipeline
Customers may have to pay for new pipelines, The Union Leader
Vermont Gas surpasses 50,000 customers, Vermont Biz
Springfield Regional Chamber endorses Kinder Morgan, Spectra gas pipeline projects, MassLive
Researchers to present health hazard findings regarding pipeline stations, The Recorder
Hill: Problems with Spectra Energy pipeline, (opinion) MetroWest Daily News
Energy company seeks Danbury land for gas pipeline expansion, CT Post
Town draws line in pipeline sand, Monadnock Ledger Transcript
Arlingtonians at center of pipeline debate, Wicked Local Dedham
Pact would trade coal plant for natural gas, CT Post
An explosive debate: As proponents of a new liquified natural gas project in Acushnet press forward, opposition group voices their concerns, Southcoasttoday.com
Pipeline activist Croce to challenge Speliotis in 13th Essex, Salem News
Renewable Energy
Proof That a Price on Carbon Works, New York Times
Cape Wind mounting comeback, CommonWealth Magazine
Solar is no longer trivial in New England’s power grid, Concord Monitor
Company proposing 3,000-plus-panel solar farm in Rehoboth, Taunton Daily Gazette
Our View: Solar power’s growth calls for new system, Press Herald
Connecticut solar energy advocates laud partnership, West Hartford News
Vermont solar power growth slowed for now as utilities hit limit, PennEnergy
Proposals Due for Maine Energy Projects to Power Southern New England, Maine Public Broadcasting
Report says NH is a renewable energy leader, New Hampshire Business Review
New England net metering policies cause distress, Smart Grid Today
What if Nevada’s solar regulators came to Massachusetts, Greentech Media
Raise the net metering cap, Commonwealth Magazine
Energy Efficiency
‘Green Jobs RI’: Senate report puts energy, environmental sectors at center stage, Providence Journal
Swampscott selected for National Grid energy savings initiative, Salem News
Essex turning green with energy savings, Gloucester Daily Times
Nuclear
Entergy spent down 10 percent of Vermont Yankee trust fund in 2015, VT Digger
Entergy Says New York’s Nuclear-Rescue Plan Comes Too Late, Bloomberg
IER: New England natural gas use up since closure of Vermont nuclear plant, Power Newswire
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
ISO chief: Natural gas supplies half of N.E.’s electricity, Lowell Sun
FERC’s ‘Demand Response’ Rule Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court, Bloomberg
AG Healey praises Supreme Court decision on ‘demand response’, Berkshire Eagle
Maine’s high court confirms smart meters pose no health threat, Lewiston Sun Journal
Energize RI brings carbon pricing bill to the House, RI Future
New England Generators Appeal FERC Capacity Market Orders, RTO Insider
Baker’s hydroelectricity plan a bad bet, (opinion) CommonWealth Magazine
Baker right on hydropower, clean energy contracts, (opinion) CommonWealth Magazine
Discussion postponed on new Braintree power plant plan, Wicked Local Braintree
UN urges business leaders to double investment in green energy by 2020, The Guardian
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