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New England Clean Energy Connect
power lines

Developer says burying power line through Maine woods is not practical

By Bill Opalka

Critics, including the U.S. EPA, say alternatives such as burying all or part of the line have not been fully explored.

solar

Maine solar bill would expand access and increase net metering cap

By Bill Opalka

“We’re just trying to catch up”: Under the proposal, the state would cease to be a regional laggard.

onshore wind

Maine’s wind farm moratorium is over, but how long will ‘chilling effect’ last?

By Bill Opalka

Gov. Janet Mills issued an order in February allowing permits to be issued again, but the impact won’t be immediate.

microgrids

Maine lawmakers try again to get the state’s microgrid law right

By Bill Opalka

Amid complaints that the state’s current law is unworkable, legislators revive a vetoed bill under a new governor.

New England Clean Energy Connect

Maine transmission settlement could spur clean energy investments in state

By Bill Opalka

The proposal includes about $80 million for heat pumps, energy efficiency, and electric vehicle infrastructure.

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PG&E diverted millions from putting lines underground, audit finds

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

More schools going solar in Virginia

Source: WVTF

New task force will consider leases for offshore wind energy developers in the Gulf of Maine

Source: Maine Public

Indianapolis program to provide free solar installations for low-income homes in 2020

Source: Indianapolis Star

Report: black lung funding cut will cost taxpayers billions

Source: Associated Press

Midwest Energy News

December 12 2019

Upper Midwest transmission congestion reaching ‘crisis point’

CLEAN ENERGY: Though sitting in disrepair along the Indiana shoreline, the House of Tomorrow unveiled in the early 1930s still provides design lessons for solar and energy efficiency. (Energy News Network) OIL & GAS: • A governor-appointed energy task force in Michigan makes progress on a plan for propane alternatives in the Upper Peninsula, but […]

Southeast Energy News

December 12 2019

Report: Solar-powered Virginia schools triple in last 2 years

Support the Energy News Network. Give today and NewsMatch will double the impact of your donation! SOLAR: A new advisory board in Virginia is tasked with creating a pilot program to finance solar projects for low-income residents. (Energy News Network) ALSO: • The number of Virginia schools that have added solar panels has tripled in […]

Northeast Energy News

December 12 2019

Eversource to go carbon neutral, with an asterisk

Support the Energy News Network. Give today and NewsMatch will double the impact of your donation! UTILITIES: Eversource Energy pledges to make its operations carbon neutral by 2030, but it won’t affect the emissions from energy sold to customers. (Hartford Courant, New Hampshire Public Radio) ALSO: Advocates say a Vermont utility’s new energy credit trading […]

Western Energy News

December 12 2019

PG&E diverted millions away from efforts to bury power lines

Support the Energy News Network. Give today and NewsMatch will double the impact of your donation! CALIFORNIA: An audit finds PG&E “consistently and significantly” shifted money away from efforts to bury power lines underground for 10 years. (San Francisco Chronicle) ALSO: • FEMA wants nearly $4 billion from PG&E’s settlement with wildfire victims for services […]

U.S. Energy News

U.S. residential solar installations hit record pace

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