OFFSHORE WIND: As developers analyze the current financial viability of their Massachusetts offshore wind projects, a state agency develops a new strategy to incorporate changing economic conditions into contracts. (State House News Service)
CLIMATE:
• As devastating rainstorms and floods in New Hampshire wash away roads and damage property, experts say the deluge falls within precipitation predictions as the climate crisis continues. (New Hampshire Bulletin)
• Waterbury, Vermont, residents recall the lengthy recovery during a 2011 tropical storm, the last major extreme weather to damage the community. (VTDigger)
• Connecticut farmers can now apply for federal disaster assistance to help recover from a late frost attributed to climate change. (NHPR)
TRANSIT: Boston’s mayor acknowledges at an international urban electrification conference that, despite climate-friendly improvements, convincing drivers to use an unstable subway system is a challenge. (Boston Globe)
OIL & GAS: Several Mid-Atlantic congressional members file new legislation to reduce Renewable Fuel Standard compliance costs by requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to sell lower-cost, fixed-price biofuel waiver credits. (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
PIPELINES: Pennsylvania utility regulators investigate a new sinkhole developing in Chester County along the Mariner East pipeline’s path. (WHYY)
GRID:
• Some northern Maine residents say they didn’t know the route of a proposed power line to carry renewable power went through their towns and wonder why they hadn’t been notified ahead of scheduled public meetings. (Bangor Daily News)
• A Genesee County, New York, industrial center relocates almost two miles of a transmission line to increase available development space. (news release)
• PPL Electric installs new technology providing real-time information about power line performance to improve transmission congestion monitoring. (news release)
SOLAR:
• A developer announces 35.3 MW of solar projects in upstate New York. (news release)
• A 500 kW solar array proposed for a cornfield in Saxtons River, Vermont, receives its local approvals but still requires some state regulatory reviews. (Vermont Journal)
• A Connecticut solar developer opens an office in Biddeford, Maine, its first in the state and its seventh along the East Coast. (Mainebiz)
BUILDINGS:
• The Property Assessed Clean Energy Massachusetts program expands the type of buildings eligible for financing. (Center Square)
• A New Jersey country club undergoes several efficiency projects after an audit found outdated HVAC and lighting were leading to large utility bills. (ROI NJ)
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