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PIPELINES: A district attorney in eastern Pennsylvania charges the developer of the Mariner East pipeline of using state constables as a private security force that allegedly intimidated residents along the pipeline route. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
ALSO: A pipeline developer caught in the gas supply dispute between New York and a utility has pulled its permit applications for the New Jersey part of the project. (Bloomberg)
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STORAGE: Planning officials in a New York town approve a 3 MW battery storage project that could begin construction next month. (Lohud.com)
CLIMATE: Exxon wants to move the Massachusetts lawsuit against it to federal court, saying it is not a consumer protection case. (E&E News, subscription required)
UTILITIES: Avangrid pays $450,000 in fines for violations of reliability standards at three of its subsidiaries in Maine and New York that created a moderate risk to the bulk power system. (Platts)
GRID: Critics say the PJM capacity market design encourages a power plant building spree that remains unabated and promotes too much new generation. (Platts)
OFFSHORE WIND: New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signs an executive order to create four advisory boards as the state moves closer to a formal entry into the offshore wind business. (Union-Leader)
TRANSPORTATION: A long-time activist in Vermont who opposes larger renewable energy projects now takes aim at a multi-state proposal to limit transportation emissions. (VT Digger)
SOLAR:
• A 30 MW solar array in New Hampshire clears its first hurdle as it becomes the first such project to be considered by the state’s siting board. (NHPR)
• New Hampshire legislators could vote as early as January to increase the net metering cap that has twice passed the body but has been vetoed. (Utility Dive)
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POWER PLANTS: A 1,000 MW natural gas power plant is online and serving several Delaware municipal cooperatives. (Daily Energy Insider)
COMMENTARY:
• A Pennsylvania lawmaker says retention bonuses that could top $7 million for the executives of a damaged and bankrupt Philadelphia oil refinery “should make you sick.” (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
• A New Jersey environmental advocate says the state avoided impacts from the Philadelphia refinery explosion but the state faces similar risks from facilities in its own state. (NJ.com)
• A climate activist says while government actions are important to stem the crisis, individual actions are needed and are just as important. (VT Digger)