Natural Gas/Pipeline
Report: Expanding natural gas use will harm environment, The Sun Chronicle
Opposition begins to form to Somerset LNG proposal, Fall River Herald News
Power plants, happy with high electric rates, fight natural gas expansion, Press Herald
Environmental groups oppose natural gas in Rockland, WCSH6.com
Fracked Gas Protesters Lock Themselves in West Roxbury Pipeline Trench, Jamaica Plain News
New Power Plant Could Prevent RI Climate Goals, ecoRI news
Pipeline Expansion Threatens US Climate Goals, Study Says, InsideClimate News
Environmental groups decry natural gas conversion of power plant, New Haven Register
Natural gas plan worries Weymouth, Boston Globe
Renewable Energy
The DOE’s Path to an American Hydropower Renaissance, Greentech Media
Vernon farm takes ‘cow energy’ in a different direction, vtdigger.org
Lack of New England transmission ’tilts the field towards offshore wind’, Recharge
Work at first US offshore wind farm enters final phase, PennEnergy
Solar array to power Army National Guard facility approved, CT Post
Gov. Baker backs offshore wind option over Cape Wind, Taunton Daily Gazette
North American Leaders Pledge 50 Percent Clean Energy By 2025, North American Windpower
Solar energy program aims to educate Warwick residents, businesses, The Providence Journal
Newton, other municipalities continue moving ahead with solar, Wicked Local Newton
Officials tout latest solar project in Meriden, New Haven Register
$500000 Solar Energy Grant Awarded to Massachusetts University, Solar Novus Today
New Bedford hailed as a leader in renewable energy in the Commonwealth, SouthCoastToday.com
Environment Massachusetts Releases Report on Cape and Islands Clean Energy Efforts, CapeCod.com
LePage Proposes End to Solar Net Metering Program, MPBN
Energy Efficiency
Dover, Sherborn plug into energy efficiency programs, Wicked Local
New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency, longevity, MIT News
Conservation group sues over energy efficiency settlement, CT Post
Milford Honored for its Energy Efficiency, Patch.com
Nuclear
Windham County renewables to get boost via Vermont Yankee, VT Digger
America’s Heat Wave No Sweat For Nuclear Power, Forbes
Candidates weigh future of Vermont Yankee, Commons
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
Survey finds New Englanders worried about energy prices, WWLP
DPU-Eversource communications probed, CommonWealth Magazine
ISO New England says Northern Pass can interconnect with transmission grid, PennEnergy
Hearings end over question of need and savings in Burrillville power plant proposal, Providence Journal
New form of carbon capture actually creates power, rather than consuming it, Extreme Tech
New Hampshire to evaluate scenic impacts of Northern Pass power line proposal, Press Herald
Wood-pellet incentives boosted, Monadnock Ledger Transcript
Workshops scheduled in 5 NH communities on Northern Pass impact, NH1 News
Grid Modernization Plan in Massachusetts: National Grid selects Itron, Transmission and Distribution World
NHPUC orders Eversource to change how it allocates cost of new residential lines to homeowners, Union Leader
Fire at Block Island power leads to rolling blackouts, PennEnergy
Medway: Planning Board approves Exelon plan, MetroWest Daily News
Connecticut Council Signs off on 485-MW Bridgeport Harbor Project, Power Engineering
Editorial/Opinion
Massachusetts Letter, Environmental Progress
Guest Opinion: Keep existing nuclear power plants running, Fall River Herald News
My Turn: Transmission line burial isn’t better for NH, Concord Monitor
Carl Gustin: Don’t block regulators from doing their jobs, Berkshire Eagle
Keep solar strong in Vermont, Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Shame on enviro group, CommonWealth Magazine
No subsidies for gas pipeline projects, CommonWealth Magazine
Northeast Energy News 