Northern Pass plan clears another hurdle Eversource Energy’s plans to build a 192-mile-long transmission line to bring hydropower from Quebec into New Hampshire got a boost Thursday from the region’s electric grid operator. Holyoke, Massachusetts-based ISO-New England on Thursday determined that Eversource’s Northern Pass transmission project can reliably interconnect with the regional electric grid. The … Continue reading #Northern_Pass plan clears another hurdle→
ISONE External Market Monitor report 2015 A report by the New England electricity market’s external monitor has found that “the markets performed competitively in 2015.” ISO New England operates wholesale electricity markets covering most of New England. It employs two independent market monitors — one internal to ISO-NE, one a hired external consultant — to … Continue reading ISONE External Market Monitor report 2015→
Eversource, Hydro-Quebec File PPA for Northern Pass Hydro-Quebec and Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) filed a 20-year power purchase agreement with New Hampshire regulators on Tuesday that promises to deliver at least 100 MW of energy during peak hours over the Northern Pass transmission line (DE 16-693). PSNH parent Eversource Energy hopes to … Continue reading #Eversource, #Hydro-Quebec File PPA for Northern Pass→
Independent Market Monitors Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way Lessons Unlearned: FERC’s Punt on Market Monitors’ Independence After allegations of management interference led PJM to replace its internal market monitoring unit with an independent monitor in 2008, FERC had an opportunity to prohibit other RTOs from using the internal structure. Because it chose not to … Continue reading Independent Market Monitors Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way→
BELD making pitch for new $104 million power plant in Braintree The process that could end with a new power plant for Braintree has taken a key initial step forward. According to William Bottiggi, general manager of the Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD), he informed the municipal light board May 18 that the process of … Continue reading BELD making pitch for new $104 million power plant in #Braintree→
Plenty of power for summer, grid operator says Officials with New England’s electric grid operator said Tuesday that the region will have sufficient electricity this summer, despite natural gas transmission line upgrades that will limit the availability of that fuel to run power plants. ISO-New England officials said that under normal summer weather conditions of … Continue reading Plenty of power for summer, grid operator says→
Entergy Intends to Refuel Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts Next Year Cease Operations in 2019 NEW ORLEANS, April 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced today that it intends to refuel the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., next year to continue supplying power to New England, then cease operations on … Continue reading #Entergy Intends to Refuel #Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts Next Year→
Air Emissions Tampering Leads to Felony Charges at Power Plant The owner and management company of the Berkshire Power Plant—a 252-MW natural gas–fired combined cycle plant located in Agawam, Mass.—agreed to plead guilty on March 30 to felony charges that the companies violated and conspired to violate the federal Clean Air Act. The indictments against … Continue reading Air Emissions Tampering Leads to Felony Charges at Power Plant→
FEMA to Perform ‘Full-Scale Exercise’ at Nuclear Power Plant Next week’s training will analyze response to a radiological release at the Seabrook Station; NH, Mass. emergency officials participating. SEABROOK, NH – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct a “full-scale” training exercise at the NextEra … Continue reading #FEMA to Perform ‘Full-Scale Exercise’ at Nuclear Power Plant→
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