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…
Global Power Up!
On Nov. 3 and 4, 350.org activists will come together to power up the global renewable energy revolution, showcasing the peoples solutions we need! This will be a moment to…
How Private Monopolies Fuel Climate Disaster and Public Corruption
How Private Monopolies Fuel Climate Disaster and Public Corruption 8/30/23 post in The American Prospect by John Farrell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Starting with the Lahaina fire, Farrell cites several…
Video recording of FERC Office of Public Participation Workshop
OPP recently held a workshop on “Public Participation in the Natural Gas Pre-Filing Review Process,” which is now available online here. OPP’s next WorkshOPP, this fall, will focus on participating…
ISO-NE weighs new executive position on Environmental Justice
You may have seen in the news last week that 5 of the 6 states in our region sent a letter to ISO-NE asking the grid operator to establish an…
Lighting the Path: AAPI Leaders Powering Up the Energy Justice Movement
Hosted by Energy Allies on Friday, August 11 at 3pm ET. Join them, Green 2.0, and Solstice Power Technologies to hear from Maui Councilwoman Keani Rawlins, Energy Democracy Project National…
Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC):
The Massachusetts GMAC has announced upcoming opportunities for public comment on their work and a draft plan submitted by utilities for grid modernization. There is a general public comment period from…