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- VELCO Warns Of Higher Costs, Says Some Power Line Projects Can Be Avoided (8/2/13)
The operator of Vermont’s electric grid warns that customers will face higher and higher transmission costs unless some regional power line projects are scaled back or canceled.
- Woodbridge to get $3 million to create microgrid (7/25/13)
Woodbridge -- Woodbridge will receive $3 million to create a microgrid using a 1.6 megawatt natural gas-powered turbine and a 400-kilowatt fuel cell that will be used to keep power on for the community’s police and fire stations, Department of Public Works, Town Hall and Amity Regional High School during electric outages.
- UI hardens substations against high water (7/23/13)
BRIDGEPORT -- Like a sand castle built on the mud flats at low tide, the electrical substation at the foot of Congress Street was bound to get wet on the night of Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
- Editorial: Connecticut Energy Costs Headed In The Right Direction (7/19/13)
It's mild good news, but good news nonetheless: Connecticut — which still has among the highest electricity costs in the nation — has seen power rates drop for each of the first four months of this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Maine power company offers electric car grants (7/25/13)
AUGUSTA — Maine businesses and organizations will have the chance to try out plug-in electric vehicles with grants from Central Maine Power Company.
- Storm Protection: State Picks 9 Microgrid Projects For $18M In Funding (7/24/13)
The projects will connect neighborhoods or communities with a small power plants, like a fuel-cell or a natural gas turbine, that will be able to operate independently from the grid.
- Heat takes toll on New England electric grid (7/22/13)
HOLYOKE, MA (AP)– New England's electric grid operator says last week's stretch of excessive heat and humidity pushed weekend power use to an eight-year high.