With only hours to go at the end of its session, the Massachusetts legislature passed a major energy bill that boosts Canadian hydropower and offshore wind.

LIPA has selected Deepwater Wind, which is already building a 30-MW project off Block Island, R.I., to develop the project.

A bill introduced in the Massachusetts House calls for power distribution companies and the state Department of Energy Resources to procure offshore wind and hydro.

More than 200 people attended the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association’s (NECA's) 23rd Annual New England Energy Conference.

A newly appointed member of the Maryland PSC insisted there was nothing improper about his emails with Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration.

BOEM has already issued 11 offshore wind energy leases off the Atlantic coast, but development of them has been slowed by high costs and local opposition.

Prices dropped 26% in ISO-NE’s 10th Forward Capacity Auction as new resources more than made up for retiring generation.

FERC has for the third time refused to take up a Rhode Island citizen’s allegations that an offshore wind power contract is illegal.

Two New England utilities that had power purchase agreements with the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore project have terminated the contracts.

News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in PJM's footprint. This week, we highlight the DOE, EPA, FERC and Department of the Interior.