Happy Holidays! We’re keeping our note short this week. This will be the last energy news of 2016, but we’ll be back in your email boxes on January 6, 2017.
Have a warm and wonderful holiday season.
Natural Gas/Pipeline
Speakers in Grafton highlight risks of proposed gas pipeline, Worcester Telegram
Seekonk selectmen urged to join gas pipeline fight, The Sun Chronicle
FERC Suggests Spectra Energy Gas Facility Would Not Pose Cancer Risk, Based on Study by Spectra Consultant, desmogblog.com
Access Northeast on Pause at FERC to ‘Solidify the Commercial Foundation,’ Natural Gas Intelligence
Uncertainty over Spectra plans causes local concerns, Wicked Local Braintree
Greenfield gas line rupture sealed off, The Recorder
10 States Where Citizens Are Fighting Pipeline Projects, EcoWatch
Renewable Energy
RGGI’s Year-end Review: Climate Progress with More to Come, Natural Resources Defense Council
Las Vegas now runs completely on renewable energy, USA TODAY
New U.S. Offshore Wind Facility Planned Near Massachusetts, Power Engineering Magazine
Renewable Energy Sector Remains Optimistic Amid Trump Policy Outlook, MainePublic.org
Largest military solar energy project in Northeast breaks ground on JD MBL, Edwards Air Force Base, af.mil
Utility Green Mountain Power Wants to Help Customers Go Off-Grid With Solar and Batteries, Greentech Media
Solar Could Outpace Natural Gas for New Generation in 2016, Greentech Media
Why Maine’s renewable power remains a pipe dream, Press Herald
Wind Farm Off RI in Operation, Valley News
Franklin: Local charity receives solar system, Milford Daily News
PUC Delays Plan To Phase Out Solar Power Incentive, MainePublic.org
Local environmentalists troubled by Trump policies, Wicked Local Winchester
Why is corporate America picking wind power over solar?, The Guardian
Burlington Electric to buy power from Maine wind farm, Penn Energy
Maine regulators push net metering decision into 2017, Utility DIVE
Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency Is Growing Jobs & Fueling The Economy, CleanTechnica
Craft Brewery Adds Energy Efficiency to Recipe for Success, vtdigger.org
State office complex gets energy efficiency upgrades, The Daily Progress
Greenwich Residents Commit To Energy Efficiency, Patch.com
Mullins Center embracing energy conservation in new renovations, The Daily Collegian
Massachusetts Announces US $11.4 M for Municipal LED Streetlight Conversion, LED Inside
State completes project at Plum Island plant, Wicked Local Newburyport
New Hampshire State Department Partners With Unitil And ConEdison Solutions On Energy Efficiency Project (press release), Investor Ideas
Nuclear
Pilgrim Back Online After Valve Repair, CapeCod.com
Proposed Vermont Yankee sale seeking state approval, The Keene Sentinel
Feds Consider Saving Nuclear Power By Slashing Regulations, Daily Caller
Plymouth: Decommissioning of Pilgrim Under Review, 95.9 WATD-FM
4 companies chosen to pursue nuclear waste burial test, PennEnergy
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
Baker sets emission reduction targets, CommonWealth Magazine
A Community Microgrid that Beats Utility Rates: Bridgeport’s Story, Microgrid Knowledge
Bernardston residents express concern over new energy deal, The Recorder
Obama Blocks Offshore Drilling In Atlantic, Arctic Areas, NPR
AG eyes National Grid pay probe, Boston Herald
Work on power lines, fewer outages, Ridgefield Press
Yarmouth power plant installs giant battery in first project of its kind in New England, Press Herald
Power transmission line through Vermont wins federal approval, Brattleboro Reformer
Power-Plant Water Fight Intensifies in Woonsocket, ecoRI news
Healey urges DPU to investigate utility-company profits, Lowell Sun
Energy Project Faces Skepticism from a Town with a History of Taking a Stand, NH Public Radio
Rockland eyes electricity switch that could yield ‘substantial savings’, The Enterprise
Editorial/Opinion
Opinion: Must end energy gridlock, Burlington Free Press
Letter: Power plant just one example of state ignoring development rules, The Westerly Sun
An open letter to the Woonsocket City Council on the sale of water to Invenergy, RI Future
Northern Pass a rigged process? – Carl Lakes, Caledonian Record
The Trump administration should invest in offshore wind farms, Washington Post
The real price of megawatts, no matter the source, Monadnock Ledger Transcript
Maine can be a leader in solar energy, but rooftop by rooftop isn’t how it is going to happen, Bangor Daily News
Can New England steal California’s storage thunder?, Utility DIVE
Time To Clean Up The Solar Industry — Stop the Scams, Real Clear Energy
SITTING IN: New solar incentive program a boon for Mass. Residents, Wicked Local Marblehead
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