When the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line started carrying electricity from Canada into Maine in January, supporters hailed the project as a triumph for renewable power. Now, after nearly six months of operations, the early numbers raise questions about whether the project will be able to advance the region’s energy transition as much as […]
There are opportunities at every level of the US energy market to save consumers money – if governments, companies, communities and individuals choose to act.
Electric utilities don’t make money from selling power to customers, but instead profit from investments in power plants, wires, substations and other equipment.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte kicked off 2026 with a call to open New Hampshire to advancement and expansion of nuclear power. Legislators shared her enthusiasm, filing a flurry of nuclear-related bills, three of which ultimately emerged from both chambers this spring. Yet Ayotte vetoed the first to cross her desk, citing concerns about how portions of […]
The yearslong debate over whether and how to value clean energy, and the technology needed to generate it, wore on in the halls of New Hampshire’s Legislature this session. But while a handful of bills sought to clarify New Hampshire’s stance on net metering, as the legislative session winds down the future of the program […]
Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is alerting consumers that electric generation prices for all PUC-regulated electric utilities will adjust on June 1 — just as summer temperatures and air-conditioning use begin increasing electricity demand across Pennsylvania.
Discussion on a proposed data center in Nottingham began to flow in earnest a little over a week ago. By Wednesday, May 27, an online petition had accumulated thousands of signatures, and protesters were preparing signs decrying the proposal. Some reached out directly to the applicant, Hampton businessman Tom Moulton, who said he was taken […]
Western states are figuring out how to make electricity-sharing work, but it isn’t easy. Texas learned that the hard way.
A bill that cleared the New Hampshire Legislature last week would create a framework for residents to be compensated for renewably generated electricity they feed into the grid from home battery systems. It is a “modest step forward” for New Hampshire’s net metering policies, said Sam Evans-Brown, executive director of Clean Energy New Hampshire, at […]