Happy day after Thanksgiving. We hope you all had a great holiday. Just a quick note today about one news story from Penn Energy that warmed our hearts, because who doesn’t love a good cat story from the Internet — especially one that includes utility workers! Seems “Fat Boy” was stuck atop a utility pole for 9 days until some really nice PG&E workers came to the rescue and brought him down. Wahoo! OK — one more. Another good news story from Western Mass News is that National Grid launched a new app to help first responders let them know their when power or gas lines might be at risk from an incident — helping to protect everyone involved. Nice!
Natural Gas/Pipeline
NatGas Cash Takes Breather, But Futures Keep Moving Up, Natural Gas Intelligence
Rep Kennedy meets with Rehoboth residents about LNG compressor station, RI Future
Spectra accused of reneging on deal, Wicked Local Weymouth
Region told pipeline squeeze may push up power prices, vtdigger.org
Renewable Energy
Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm To Start Spinning Soon Off Rhode Island, WBUR
Offshore wind progress report: Politics and science, Martha’s Vineyard Times
New Group Wants to Accelerate Climate Action in Rhode Island, ecoRI news
State puts energy into wood boiler to save money, cut consumption, The Union Leader
Curtatone, area mayors sign climate pledge, Wicked Local Somerville
Economics to Keep Wind and Solar Energy Thriving With Trump, Bloomberg
Connecticut Clean Energy Law on Strong Legal Ground, Natural Resources Defense Council
Energy Efficiency
RI Farm Energy Program disperses first round of grants, Ricentral.com
Shumlin celebrates efficiency program, green energy progress, vtdigger.org
5 ways to scale up energy efficiency, person to person, GreenBiz
Nuclear
Vt. Yankee dismantling caught up in anti-trust suit, The Recorder
Seabrook strikes tax agreement with nuclear plant owners, The Daily News of Newburyport
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
Utility workers rescue cat stuck on power pole for 9 days, Penn Energy
Overheard at the US/Canada Energy Conference, RTO Insider
Next NH governor backs Northern Pass, BurlingtonFreePress.com
Deerfield raises $10k to hire attorney to fight Northern Pass, The Union Leader
Regulators question $817 million windfall by NY energy firms, Albany Times Union
FERC asked to act at Northfield Mtn. Project, The Recorder
New app from National Grid to help first responders, WESTERNMASSNEWS.com
Eversource revamps customer bills, New Haven Register
Seacoast communities worry new Eversource project will ruin Great Bay’s water quality, NH1
Eversource gets approval for power line through Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Danbury News Times
Oil Pipelines’ Easy Regulatory Ride At FERC May Be Ending, Law360
Northern Wood Power’s impact on the environment is in the spotlight, Union Leader
Natick explores six-month electricity aggregation program, MetroWest Daily News
Jury awards $13.6 million to electric cooperative in Maine, Penn Energy
Editorial/Opinion
Sale of Vermont Yankee plant could be good news, The Keene Sentinel
Letter: Power conflicts, Concord Monitor
Vermont: Where sustainability and economic growth come together, Williston Observer
In trying to bribe voters, a mighty wind firm blew it, The Keene Sentinel
Note to Gov. Baker: Dirty energy is not the answer, Canton Citizen
Northeast Energy News 