Massachusetts officials will not require utilities to solicit proposals for an independent transmission network for the 1,600 MW of offshore wind energy already procured, but recommended bundling transmission in its next OSW solicitation.

The Mass. DOER hosted a conference to explore if it should solicit proposals for a coordinated independent transmission network for offshore wind.

An overflow crowd of more than 200 people attended Raab Associates’ 164th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable in Boston.

More than 100 people protested a Massachusetts DOER proposal to alter the state’s renewable portfolio standard to include biomass plants.

The offshore wind industry is poised for growth in the Northeast with expanding solicitations, falling prices and competitive auctions for new sites.

Massachusetts is seeking to broaden its ambitious goals for procuring offshore wind and other clean energy, Department of Energy Resources officials said.

Massachusetts electricity suppliers won’t have trouble meeting the new mandate for serving sales with “clean peak” energy resources.

Massachusetts officials held three hearings across the state to get public input ahead of a September release of the state's Comprehensive Energy Plan.

Speakers at the Energy Storage Association's Annual Conference said storage deployment will likely grow to 35 GW by 2025.

Eversource Energy and Hydro-Québec's Northern Pass project won a solicitation to provide Massachusetts with 9.45 TWh of renewable energy each year.