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Lisa Prevost

Lisa Prevost

Lisa Prevost is a longtime journalist based in Connecticut. She writes regularly about housing, development and business for the New York Times. Her work has also appeared in the Boston Globe, CNBC.com, Next City and many other publications. She is the author of "Snob Zones: Fear, Prejudice and Real Estate." A native New Englander, Lisa covers Connecticut and Rhode Island.

land use
A group of sheep — some grazing, some resting — among solar panels.

Connecticut solar developers enlist sheep to cut grass and ease tensions

By Lisa Prevost

Several projects before the state’s siting board propose integrating sheep grazing with photovoltaic installations.

Connecticut
Solar panels on the roof of a home.

Five takeaways from Connecticut’s new residential solar program changes

By Lisa Prevost

After years of debate over reforming the state’s solar program, stakeholders widely praised the new rules released last week.

Rhode Island
Inside the Grey Sail brewery

Carbon capture and brews: Rhode Island brewery puts emissions back into beers

By Lisa Prevost

Systems for capturing carbon emissions from brewing operations have become more economical for small brewers during the pandemic.

Rhode Island

Providence rule would require energy benchmarking for all large buildings

By Lisa Prevost

A voluntary benchmarking program launched a few years ago hasn’t caught on with commercial building owners, so city leaders want to make it mandatory.

battery storage

Connecticut regulators want to pay utility customers to sync storage with demand

By Lisa Prevost

A proposal by the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is designed to drive the deployment of 580 megawatts of energy storage capacity by 2030.

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Blackjewel’s bankruptcy filing is a harbinger of trouble ahead for the plummeting coal industry

Source: Inside Climate News

Six electric utilities are teaming up to build a huge EV charging network

Source: CNET

U.S. House Democratic lawmakers introduce wide-ranging climate bill

Source: Reuters

Oil trade group is poised to endorse carbon pricing

Source: Wall Street Journal

Bill would require Connecticut landlords, home sellers to disclose annual energy costs

Source: Hartford Courant

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Midwest Energy News

March 03 2021

Illinois lacks coal plant demolition oversight, advocates say

COAL: Advocates say Illinois lacks adequate regulations on limiting the spread of pollutants as a growing number of coal plants are demolished. (St. Louis Public Radio) ALSO: Private equity firms are increasingly buying and profiting from old coal plants that are paid to remain online to maintain reliability during high demand periods. (Reuters) ***SPONSORED LINK: […]

Southeast Energy News

March 03 2021

Blackjewel pitches plan to abandon Appalachian coal mines

COAL: A federal bankruptcy court holds a hearing today on coal operator Blackjewel’s plan to abandon nearly 200 mining permits in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee, and observers say reclamation bonds won’t be enough to cover the cost of clean-up. (Inside Climate News) ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Six major utilities covering much of the Southeast announce […]

Northeast Energy News

March 03 2021

Connecticut developers pair sheep grazing with solar projects

SOLAR: Connecticut solar developers start to use sheep for vegetation control as more sites are seen as potential locations for dual energy and agricultural production. (Energy News Network) ALSO: The developer of a 4.4 MW solar project in New York rejects findings made against it by county planners and asks the town hosting it to […]

Western Energy News

March 03 2021

Interior Department already taking aggressive steps on climate

PUBLIC LANDS: While the Senate continues to deliberate Deb Haaland’s nomination to lead the Interior Department, the agency is already moving quickly to address climate change and slow fossil fuel development. (New York Times) ALSO: The Senate energy committee may take a vote on Haaland’s nomination tomorrow, and Maine Sen. Susan Collins becomes the first […]

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