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- Industry group rejects plan that would help ensure Salem power plant’s financing (7/1/14)
Building a major power plant in New England isn’t necessarily easy for anyone. But it’s becoming particularly tough for Footprint Power, the developer behind the nearly 700-megawatt gas plant that would replace the coal- and oil-fired dinosaur in Salem that shut down a month ago.
- Construction of 66-mile natural gas pipeline begins (5/2/14)
Summit Natural Gas of Maine has started construction of its 66-mile natural gas pipeline for the towns of Falmouth, Cumberland and Yarmouth
- Even if permitted, fracking waste unlikely to come to CT (4/28/14)
Despite the clamorous efforts of the environmental community, legislation to ban the waste from gas and oil fracking operations from coming into Connecticut will fail this legislative session.
- LNG official says no need to build pipeline (4/3/14)
The president of New England’s largest distributor of liquefied natural gas says the region’s governors are barking up the wrong tree in calling for a ratepayer-funded pipeline to expand the flow of natural gas into the six states.
- Report: Natural gas price hikes pushed electric rates higher in 2013 (3/18/14)
The operator of the New England power grid has completed its analysis of energy prices for 2013, and the results should come as no surprise.
- CT Senate endorses moratorium on disposal of fracking waste (5/5/14)
The Senate endorsed legislation Monday that imposes a three-year moratorium in Connecticut on the disposal of waste generated by hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a method of extracting natural gas that has opened some Northeastern states to a new energy boom.
- Shrinking natural gas reserves complicate Maine’s efforts to expand service in state (4/29/14)
PORTLAND, Maine — Natural gas reserves in the U.S. are at an 11-year low, which has national energy analysts concerned and sets a backdrop in Maine for a series of precedent-setting decisions about expanding pipeline capacity for the fuel used to generate heat and electricity.
- New England power pollution drops 21% (4/8/14)
The amount of greenhouses gases emitted by New England's power plants dropped 21 percent from 2001 to 2012, according to electric grid administrator ISO New England.
- Conservation Law Foundation seeks records on New England governors’ plan to build new gas pipeline (3/19/14)
BOSTON — The Conservation Law Foundation wants to get a behind-the-scenes look at how governors in the six New England states came up with the idea of using ratepayer money to finance construction of a new natural gas pipeline into New England.
- North Haven manufacturer awarded energy grant (3/18/14)
North Haven energy manufacturer Precision Combustion Inc. received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Small Business Innovation Research program to develop natural gas into commodity chemicals.