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Mass. Announces Priorities, Advisers for Office of Energy Transformation

Jul 3, 2024State and Local PolicyJon Lamson

Massachusetts’ new Office of Energy Transformation will focus on cutting peaker plant emissions, eliminating the state’s reliance on the Everett Marine Terminal LNG import facility, and financing distribution grid upgrades that minimizes costs.

Vandals Smash Solar Array with Construction Equipment

Jul 3, 2024Generation & FuelsJohn Cropley

Maine police are looking for the people who plowed a construction vehicle through a nearly completed community solar farm, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

BOEM Approves NJ’s Atlantic Shores OSW Project

Jul 2, 2024Federal PolicyHugh Morley

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has given the go-ahead to New Jersey’s foremost offshore wind project, the 1,510-MW Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind.

NY Expects to Miss 2030 Renewable Energy Target

Jul 2, 2024State and Local PolicyJohn Cropley

The architects of New York’s clean energy transition are predicting the state will fall short of its 70%-by-2030 renewable energy target, perhaps far short, and are suggesting ways to catch up in the early 2030s.

Avangrid Details Progress on NECEC Tx Line

Jul 2, 2024Transmission & DistributionJon Lamson

Construction on Avangrid’s hotly contested New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project has made significant progress following a two-year pause, according to a filing submitted to the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

Calif. Lawmakers Consider $10B Climate Resilience Bond

Jul 2, 2024State and Local PolicyElaine Goodman

Lawmakers are poised to place on the November ballot a $10 billion climate resilience bond measure that would provide $850 million for clean energy projects, including offshore wind.

Federal Judge Stays Biden’s LNG Export Application Pause

Jul 2, 2024Federal PolicyJames Downing

The U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana issued a stay on the Biden administration’s pause in considering new applications for LNG export facilities.

BOEM Sets Central Atlantic OSW Auction for August

Jun 30, 2024Federal PolicyJohn Cropley

This auction is the first in a series of a dozen offshore wind lease sales tentatively scheduled by BOEM through the end of 2028.

BNEF: ICE Phaseout by 2035 Critical to Reach Net Zero by 2050

Jun 30, 2024Transportation DecarbonizationK Kaufmann

About 20% of all vehicles sold worldwide this year will have a plug ― either battery electric or plug-in hybrid ― with sales predicted to rise to one-third by 2027.

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