Gov. Dan McKee has signed a law that commits Rhode Island to a 2050 net-zero emissions target and updates interim targets for 2030 and 2040. | Gov. Dan McKee via Twitter
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Students around the world participated in the virtual Solve Climate by 2030 educational dialogue to learn about solutions for a just energy transition. | Shutterstock
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The Act on Climate, which sets legally binding emission-reduction targets for Rhode Island, is now headed to the governor’s desk. | Rhode Island Capitol TV
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Rhode Island is seeking input from municipalities to ensure a plan to fund community microgrids meets their needs. | Dynapower Energy
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The Rhode Island Senate passed a bill that would strengthen the state’s emission-reduction targets and make them legally binding. | Rhode Island General Assembly
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The TCI released a draft model rule for a cap-and-invest program that Mass., Conn., R.I. and D.C. have agreed to launch for their regions. | Shutterstock
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Energy officials in New England are concerned that ISO-NE’s transmission planning process cannot adapt to the evolving resource mix. | ISO-NE
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Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced a new competitive solicitation to procure up to 600 MW of offshore wind energy, moving the state closer to its goal of 100% renewables by 2030. | States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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NESCOE called on ISO-NE to increase its transparency and the role of states, saying the current structure is incompatible with their clean energy efforts. | © RTO Insider
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ISO-NE stakeholders said the call for reforms by New England governors is a precursor to a seismic shift in relations between the states and the RTO. | ISO-NE
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The governors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont released a joint statement calling for reforms to ISO-NE. | E3/EFI
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Rhode Island will need to add about 440 GWh of renewable energy annually to meet the state’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2030, Brattle said. | The Brattle Group
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Stakeholders are complaining about the nominating process for former Maine PUC Commissioner Mark Vannoy’s appointment to ISO-NE’s board. | © RTO Insider
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Rhode Island boasts the first and only offshore wind farm in the Western Hemisphere, but it has seen its modest OSW procurement goals eclipsed by surrounding states. | City of East Providence
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Officials of East Coast states with ambitious offshore wind goals said they are trying to balance the urgency of getting projects built with the potential economies of networked transmission. | Business Network for Offshore Wind
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