CLIMATE: Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee details an infrastructure plan that includes support for offshore wind farms, electric vehicle chargers, heat pump installations, and pedestrian-focused infrastructure projects. (WPRI 12)
ALSO:
• Vermont legislators consider a change to Burlington’s charter that would allow the city to implement carbon pricing on new commercial construction. (VT Digger)
• A climate change mitigation plan recently proposed in Delaware isn’t as aggressive as plans and policies implemented in adjacent states. (Bay Journal)
• Maryland’s Senate wants to introduce one large climate mitigation bill with a heavy focus on electrification, while House members want to break the legislation up into smaller pieces. (Maryland Matters)
TRANSPORTATION:
• Bronx residents are disappointed that the proposed revival of a passenger rail line connecting Brooklyn and Queens doesn’t include their borough, which was included in the original plan three decades ago. (Gothamist)
• NJ Transit again postpones kicking off an electric bus pilot program in Camden County until the spring. (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)
WIND:
• Ørsted and Eversource plan to start onshore construction in early February on the South Fork wind farm off the New York and Rhode Island coasts. (Associated Press)
• Surveying teams examine where to place an electric cable between a New York barrier island and an onshore power plant in Oceanside to help transmit power from the proposed Empire offshore wind farm. (Newsday)
SOLAR: A western New York town plans a public hearing to extend a moratorium on utility-scale solar arrays and battery storage systems by six months. (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)
GAS:
• A plan to create pipeline-quality gas from landfill methane in a Maine town would require the construction of an up-to-two-mile-long pipeline. (Bangor Daily News)
• Some Baltimore buildings were evacuated yesterday while workers sealed a gas leak on a high-pressure gas line. (CBS Baltimore)
WASTE-TO-ENERGY: While some Massachusetts activists deride incineration plants as greenwashing pollution sources, some living in communities with those facilities don’t appear to be bothered. (WBUR)
UTILITIES:
• Maine campaigners in favor of forming a consumer-owned electric utility weren’t able to collect enough signatures to put their plan to voters this year but remain optimistic they can get on the 2023 ballot. (Associated Press)
• New York’s attorney general files a lawsuit alleging an energy supply company overcharged and misled residents of her state over its service and electric costs. (News 10 ABC)