Massachusetts
Massachusetts has moved to discourage new investment in natural gas infrastructure by blocking utilities from recovering costs unless they can show they first considered non-gas alternatives.
Massachusetts's first-ever "Climate Report Card" found that all of the state’s sectors are “on track” for their 2025 decarbonization targets.
The slow rate of approvals of new municipal aggregations at the state’s Department of Public Utilities has limited the reach of these programs, the researchers said.
Representatives from states working on the Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission spoke about the young effort, particularly about offshore wind connections.
Those with vested interests in fossil-fuel-based systems continue to use political and economic power to stall action in the Commonwealth and around the world, Hoffer said.
Form Energy hopes to use its long-duration iron-air batteries to firm up renewable energy generation across extended stretches in New England.
The American Clean Power Association’s Offshore WINDPOWER conference discussed uncertainty and the need for federal support amidst supply chain snarls and high interest rates.
Mass. Gov. Healey stressed the importance of regional collaboration and the potential of the agreement to benefit ratepayers.
Speakers at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable emphasized the importance of transmission planning to ensure the grid can handle increased amounts of variable clean energy and higher demand from electrification.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order creating a state Commission on Clean Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting.
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