CLEAN ENERGY: Maryland’s governor joins developers to break ground on a new offshore wind construction facility and signs four bills to boost the offshore wind and electric vehicle industries. (Maryland Matters, Delmarva Now) 

ALSO: New Hampshire advocates explain how federal incentives for energy efficient home improvements, electric vehicle charging stations and other clean energy projects can benefit the state and residents. (Union Leader)

OFFSHORE WIND:
• A developer is awarded Long Island’s largest offshore wind contract yet: a $200 million-plus transmission cable that will connect to the Sunrise Wind project. (Newsday)
• The developers of the SouthCoast Wind project off Massachusetts meet with residents to discuss the project and a planned substation. (Fall River Herald News)

HEATING: Vermont’s House advances a bill that would charge companies that import the state’s fossil heating fuels based on their greenhouse gas emissions as the state looks to electrify its heating sector. (Vermont Public)

EMISSIONS: Connecticut’s greenhouse gas emissions hit a historic low in 2020 and increased again in 2021, though they were still well below 1990’s levels after COVID-19 shutdowns ended, a new state report finds. (New Haven Register)

COAL: A coal supplier sues after New Hampshire’s Merrimack plant refused a shipment last year over the coal’s high sulfur content — another issue as the plant faces a potential shutdown. (New Hampshire Bulletin)

UTILITIES: A New Hampshire community power program blames Eversource billing issues for delays in enrolling 42,000 new customers. (Boston Globe)

CLEANTECH: A Yale University-supported startup incubator looks to bring climate tech entrepreneurs to New Haven. (CTPost)

LITHIUM:
• Maine lawmakers consider expanding the state’s 3-acre open-pit mining limit after the discovery of a massive lithium deposit in Newry. (Maine Monitor)
• New York’s U.S. senators propose a bill to establish federal safety standards for lithium-ion batteries. (CBS News)

BIOGAS:
• A Vermont dairy farm looks to install a manure digester and a pipeline that would transport captured methane. (VTDigger)
• A Connecticut supermarket partners with a biofuel company to compost food waste and capture emitted methane to use for power. (NBC Connecticut)

SOLAR: A western New York solar project receives town approval. (Niagara Frontier Publications)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Massachusetts legislators decided last year to devote $1 million to e-bike rebates, but the state still hasn’t started an official program to distribute them. (Boston Globe)

EFFICIENCY: A Maryland grant program provides free energy efficiency assessments and upgrades to low- to moderate-income households. (DC News Now)

COMMENTARY:
• The closure of Pennsylvania’s biggest coal plant will be a loss for Indiana County jobs and power generation, an editorial board writes. (Indiana Gazette)
• A Vermont environmental advocate makes a case against the expansion of Burlington’s McNeil biomass plant. (VTDigger)

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