Gas Pump Pain | Giant Batteries | Northern Pass Delay
Hopefully many of you are headed out of the door to start your long weekend so we’ll keep the news highlights short. Our thoughts go out to all those impacted by Hurricane Harvey–it has been hard to wrap our heads around the scale of devastation and destruction. Damage to energy supplies in Texas combined with the normal increase in Labor Day holiday travel is already leading to higher gas prices throughout New England. In better news, giant batteries are starting to make a positive mark on the electric grid reports WNPR. And depending upon which side of the Northern Pass issue you are on, you may or may not be happy to learn NH State regulators announced they will delay their final decision on the Northern Pass by another six months to March 30, 2018. We hope you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!
Hurricane Harvey: New England Impact
Hurricane fuels gas-price hike as reserves tapped, Lowell Sun
Energy Dept. taps into emergency oil reserves after Harvey, The Hill
Colonial Pipeline to shut US Northeast fuel lines due to Harvey, Reuters
Harvey’s impact in Southern New England might be at the pump, Turn to 10
EPA waives emission rules in 38 states amid fears of fuel shortages, Washington Examiner
Natural Gas/Pipeline
Discharge water from Tennessee Gas Co. pipeline testing worries environmentalists, Berkshire Eagle
State drops charges against 4 pipeline protesters arrested for blocking access to Otis State Forest, Berkshire Eagle
Putin-linked steel company supplies pipes for Kinder Morgan’s expansion project in Otis State Forest, Berkshire Eagle
FERC Denies Request To Halt Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline Expansion, Again, WAMC
Smell Natural Gas Outside? Report It, But Don’t Always Expect A Fix, Cape Cod Chronicle
Gas Co. Challenges NY Pipeline Permit Denial At 2nd Circ., Law360
Weymouth: Sen. Warren Reaffirms Opposition to Compressor Station, 95.9 WATD-FM
Natural Gas Upgrade: Eversource Begins $2.2M Project In East Norwalk, Norwalk Daily Voice
Renewable Energy
Gigantic Batteries Help Grow Renewable Energy In Maine, New England, WNPR News
RI Wastewater Treatment Authority To Reach 100% Renewable Energy By 2018, Rhode Island Public Radio
Solar power microgrid goes online in Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, Electric Light & Power
History-rich Maine island goes green, WLBZ-TV
Chemetal taps into solar with 560-panel roof array, GazetteNET
Possible tariff puts NH solar firms on edge, New Hampshire Business Review
From Fenway Park to Wembley, these stadiums are going big on renewable energy, CNBC
No anti-competitive behavior in RGGI secondary market, report finds, Utility Dive
Sununu Satisfied With Latest RGGI Proposal, New Hampshire Public Radio
Policymaker support key to offshore wind prospects in US, Utility Dive
World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Maker Waves Goodbye to Oil Industry, Bloomberg
Narragansett Bay Commission Adding Solar, Will Be Nearly 100% Renewable, GoLocalProv
Energy Efficiency
How Does the United States Rate in Energy Efficiency?, Energy Collective
Making data centers more energy efficient, MIT News
Heating Camden’s new middle school from town’s sewer plant: What’s the cost and can it be done?, PenBayPilot.com
500 cities have committed to going big on clean energy this year – now what?, Into the Wind
Nuclear
If nuclear is not in the future US energy mix, what will replace it?, Utility Dive
Newburyport City Council to review letter to NRC calling for hearing, The Daily News of Newburyport
Opponents launch petition against Millstone “deal”; Dominion says group “misleads” consumers, theday.com
Environmental Group Seeks Added Financial Protections In Vermont Yankee Sale, Vermont Public Radio
Vermont Yankee companies expand request to seal documents, vtdigger.org
No new pollution at Vermont Yankee, Brattleboro Reformer
Markets/Grid/Policy/Prices/Etc.
Eversource dealt 6-month setback for Northern Pass transmission line, MassLive.com
State committee delays Northern Pass decision until 2018, The Union Leader
Northern Pass dealt regulatory blow, Commonwealth Magazine
Eversource Asks PUC To Conceal Fiscal Info On Berlin Biomass Plant, Caledonian Record
Utilities Grapple with Rooftop Solar and the New Energy Landscape, Yale Environment 360
Executive Councilor: Sununu Needs To Do More Outreach On Northern Pass, New Hampshire Public Radio
National Grid, Hydro-Quebec snipe over hydro power, Commonwealth Magazine
RI approves rate hike for National Grid, The Sun Chronicle
Could Success Spoil ISO-NE?, POWER magazine
Editorial/Opinion
States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change, New York Times
Misinformation being spread about Northern Pass project, Foster’s Daily Democrat
My Turn: Michael F. Sabitoni: Natural gas plant vital for RI, The Providence Journal
Foss: Proposed energy rate increase is too much, The Daily Gazette
My Turn: Hydro-Quebec cannot rewrite history, Concord Monitor
Letter: Colin Nagle: National Grid ought to modernize energy infrastructure, The Providence Journal
Renewing RGGI: Do nothing, but more of it, The Union Leader
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