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The FBI is now helping to investigate the source of the power outages in a North Carolina county. While it is believed to be an “intentional” attack, the suspect or cause of the problem has yet to be found. The mass blackout became a criminal investigation when utility workers found traces of what looked like […]

Commonwealth Wind and Mayflower Wind have each been given a deadline of the middle of this week to inform the Department of Public Utilities if they will move forward with their offshore wind farm projects under the contract terms they have already agreed to or ask state regulators to no longer consider those essential agreements. […]

Eversource Energy CEO, Joseph R. Nolan Jr., recently wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden because he fears Eversource might not be able to provide natural gas for all of its consumers if this upcoming winter is harsh. In this letter, Nolan asked Biden and his administration for their help in addressing this potential […]

Two undersea leaks that began in the Russian-owned Nord Stream gas pipelines on Monday were likely caused by powerful underwater explosions, according to Swedish and Danish seismographic data. It is ‘very clear from the seismic record that these are blasts,’ Björn Lund, director of the Swedish National Seismic Network at Uppsala University told NPR in […]

The Biden administration said yesterday it has now approved funding for all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rio to start accessing so-called NEVI funding to deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure along public roads to establish an interconnected network. “This will now allow all states to have access to FY’22/FY’23 NEVI funding which should total in […]

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, Joe Biden announced the first wave of funding for EV charger programs across 35 states. Throughout Biden’s time in office, he has been an immense advocate for EV chargers. Biden and his administration have put together $135 billion dollars into the EV charger movement. These programs incentivize customers and manufacturers […]

New rate filings by Eversource with the Massachusetts DPU for Large C&I customers are more than double for the same periods last year, following significant increases in the cost of natural gas in New England over the past 9 months. The announced rates are as follows: Large C&I in SEMA: Oct: $0.21053 Nov: $0.28610 Dec: […]

According to speakers at this week’s Energy Transition Leaders Summit in Aspen, Colorado, the consumption of electricity is likely to double in the coming years. Piper Sandler, the summit’s host, said that many leaders think the electricity consumption could double in 20 years and stagnate for another decade afterward. Sandler also noted that this meeting […]

Back in 2015, the Obama Administration created the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which had the support of Protect our Winters (POW). Under the guidance of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the CPP required states to reduce the CO2 pollution from coal and transition into cleaner energy production in the U.S. When the Trump Administration took […]