Category Archives: Energy

Massachusetts Program Targets Solar Development in Local Communities

Posted on April 26, 2012 | Comments Off

Seventeen Massachusetts communities have been selected to participate in the 2012 Solarize Mass Program, which helps residents and business owners adopt solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. The program aims to assist the state in reaching Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s goal of installing 250 megawatts (MW) of solar power by 2017, said an April 12 press release from the Massachusetts Executive office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Continue reading →

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Amid Rising Challenges to State Clean-Energy Mandates, Delaware Lawmakers Reject Effort to Freeze RPS

Posted on April 5, 2012 | Comments Off

Last week, Delaware became the latest state to consider legislation challenging its clean-energy mandate, but a House panel overwhelmingly voted to let the bill die after hearing testimony on March 29.

Delaware’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires that electricity suppliers obtain 25 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025, but the legislation, HB 247, would have frozen that mandate at its current level of 8.5 percent. Continue reading →

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Has New England Built Too Much Transmission for Reliability?

Posted on March 21, 2012 | Comments Off

The current transmission planning process in New England has created a bias toward funding new infrastructure to support the electricity grid’s reliability at the expense of less costly non-transmission alternatives — including energy efficiency, demand management and distributed generation, said industry sources participating in a recent Clean-Energy Transmission Summit in Boston. Continue reading →

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