Avangrid is “focused on defeating” a ballot referendum designed to halt construction of the NECEC transmission line, CEO Dennis Arriola said.

First Nation members held a webinar to explain their opposition to a new transmission line to bring Hydro-Québec’s electricity to New England.

Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will continue to co-develop the 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 project.

FERC ordered Avangrid and NextEra to submit additional briefs in their ongoing dispute over the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project.

A critic of hydropower says politicians often make “vacuous statements about a particular energy source being clean, but that is not the case.”

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in southern New England, causing power outages in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Maine DEP Commissioner Melanie Loyzim is opening a proceeding to consider suspending the permit granted for the NECEC project.

Environmental groups that oppose the NECEC project argue it would be destructive to the largest undeveloped forest east of the Mississippi River.

Avangrid said it expects the Park City offshore wind project to begin commercial operations in 2026 instead of the 2025 date it previously announced.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills said a bill to replace the state’s investor-owned utilities was “hastily” drafted and needs a “full airing.”