Winter Prices
Massachusetts Gets $132M For Heating Assistance, CBS Local, October 16, 2014
Legislators push back on planned electric rate hikes, The Recorder (Greenfield, MA), October 14, 2014 (can be read for free but need to register)
Letter: The price of ‘no’, Concord Monitor, October 12, 2014
Oil, natural gas prices confound Mass. homeowners, WCVB Boston, October 11, 2014
Column: Why Electric Rates Are Rising, Valley News (NH), October 11, 2014
Natural Gas
Rising cost of electricity fuels debate over need for Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 16, 2014
Patrick administration launches review of state’s natural gas needs, Boston Business Journal, October 15, 2014
Study: Natural gas surge won’t slow global warming, CT Post, October 15, 2014
Oil dealers lawsuit: CT’s nat gas-expansion violates environmental laws, Hartford Business, October 10, 2014
Nuclear Energy
Balancing facts vs. fears, Pilgrim must stay open (opinion), Cape Cod Times, October 16, 2014
40-year Yankee employee reflects on his career, Brattleboro Reformer, October 16, 2014
The failure of the energy marketplace, Commons (VT), Opinion, October 12, 2014
Entergy executive praises VY staff, pledges transparency, Brattleboro Reformer, October 11, 2014
Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency
Existing Nuclear Power Plants May Be Renewable Energy’s Best Friend, Forbes, October 17, 2014
Vermont described as a pioneer renewable energy, SFGate, October 16, 2014
Portsmouth sees wind power deal for school turbine, Turn to 10 (RI), October 15, 2014
Rhode Island renewables legislation advances development, use of hydropower, HydroWorld, October 15, 2014
GMP grants worth upwards of $160000 available for solar development at non-profits, Vermont Biz, October 14, 2014
Could Initial Offshore Wind Projects Crash New England’s REC Market?, North American Windpower, October 14, 2014
Net metering booms in Vermont, vtdigger.org, October 14, 2014
Solar Power Becoming Better Bargain in RI, ecoRI news, October 13, 2014
Markets/ISO New England/Grid/Policy/Misc.
New Hampshire PUC launches review of affiliate transaction rules, Platts, October 16, 2014
Governor candidates on the issues: Energy, Portland Press Herald, October 16, 2014
After Massachusetts’ ‘Godfather Of Solar’ Exits, Will The New Gov. Step Up?, Solar Industry, October 16, 2014
Patrick’s energy policies under criticism, Boston Globe, October 11, 2014
ISO New England faces challenges to electrical grid, The Patriot Ledger, October 10, 2014
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