Follow up from MA EJ Table event on energy siting reform:
Nearly 250 people attended the EJ forum in person and online back in January! If you have not yet signed the petition to support the bill for siting improvement, please do so…
We have a new video about our action at the ISO-NE board meeting!
Check it out here , and many thanks to Ron Blau for creating it.
MA EJ Table event on building our new grid:
Where does it all go? - Environmental Justice and Building Our New Grid - Saturday, January 20th, 2024 2pm - 3:30pm Hybrid Event: In person at First Parish Concord -…
Submit a comment to ISO-NE!!
Last Wednesday, ISO-NE held their second ever open board meeting. Please submit written comments to the board regarding Fix the Grid's demands! You can email comments to legal@iso-ne.com. If you submit a comment,…
Calling all Fix The Grid Committees
The FTG Digital Presence Committee is responsible for the FTG website https://fix-the-grid.org/ and social media presence via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FixtheGridNE/. We support the mission of FTG by bringing our message and…
Job Posting:
The MA Office of Federal and Regional Affairs (within the Office of Energy and Env Affairs) is hiring a new director position. You can take a look at the job…
Postponed! – Fix the Grid Community Summit
We have decided to postpone the Fix the Grid Community Summit to early 2024 - likely Saturday, March 2nd if you'd like to save the date, but we'll firm that…
EPA’s proposed carbon rules omit both the peaker problem and the peaker solution
9/12/23 Utility Dive Opinion by Shelley Robbins, project director at Clean Energy Group. The Environmental Protection Administration excluded peaker plants from its proposed CCS (carbon capture and storage) and hydrogen…
How Do Electric Grid Operators Warn Us About Extreme Heat?
9/7/23 UCS (Union of Concerned Scientists) post by Tasnima Naoshin. Explains clearly the levels of alert the major U.S. RTOs (Regional Transmission Organizations, like ISO-NE) recognize in response to weather…
MA Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC)
Coming out of recent legislation, utilities in MA need to submit Electric Sector Modernization Plans (ESMPs) to the state by early next year. The GMAC is the body that is…