Renewable Power

Sessler Wrecking
NYPA to Buy Former Power Plant Site for $206M
The New York Power Authority plans to buy a New York City site where a power plant once stood and reuse it for clean energy infrastructure. 
BOEM
Maine Floating OSW Negotiations Halted
The Maine PUC granted the request of Pine Tree Offshore Wind to suspend talks on a contract to support construction of a research project with up to 12 turbines with a capacity of up to 144 MW.
SPAN
PG&E Launches Virtual Power Plant, Microgrid Programs
Pacific Gas and Electric will meet some of this year’s summer electricity demand in California through a virtual power plant demonstration project that will include as many as 1,900 residential customers.
Energy Innovation
Industry Anxiety over Grid Reliability Overblown, Panel Says
The current debate in the U.S. electricity sector pitting efforts to increase renewables against the need for grid reliability in the face of growing demand could be unnecessary and counterproductive, according to one expert.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Finds Potential to Connect 9,600 MW of OSW Without Tx Upgrades
A new analysis by ISO-NE shows about 9,600 MW of offshore wind may be able to connect to the New England transmission system without triggering the need for upgrades.
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NJ BPU Head Running Against the Clock
Christine Guhl-Sadovy, president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, has a lot to do and little time to do it in.
NextEra Energy, ACORE
ACORE Report Presses Renewables as Critical for US Energy Dominance
An ACORE report says solar and wind can be deployed cheaply and quickly to meet the country’s rapidly escalating demand growth, while providing support for natural gas and nuclear plants.
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Fate of Wind Tower Manufacturing Site in Albany Uncertain
A longstanding project to build a wind tower manufacturing center in the Port of Albany has become uncertain under the Trump administration.
Shutterstock
Maryland Crossover Day Update: Bills Passed, Amended, Waiting
The Utility Transparency and Accountability Act was one of the dozens of bills the Maryland House of Delegates sent it to the Senate as part of the legislature’s “crossover day.”
BOEM
EPA Puts Hold on Atlantic Shores OSW Permit
The EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board has granted the agency’s motion for a “voluntary remand” on the air quality permit for the project, essentially returning it to EPA for re-evaluation in light of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order on offshore wind.

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