
NECEC Blog
Massachusetts SMART Program Clears Major Hurdle with Long-Awaited DPU Order
On September 26, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued the long awaited Order approving the model tariff for the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program. The approval clears the way...
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Massachusetts Moves Clean Energy Forward with RPS Increase, Solar Fix (in Part), Storage Target, Energy Efficiency Expansion, Offshore Wind Boost
It was a long and hard-fought two-year legislative session in Massachusetts, and the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC), AEE’s regional partner, was in the trenches on behalf of its members...
Built to Scale: Growing Gusts for the Offshore Wind Industry at NECEC Emerging Trends Series Forum
At long last, the U.S. offshore wind industry is poised to start scaling up in the Northeast. With ambitious procurement targets established in multiple states and the first RFPs under...
State Regulators Demonstrate Commitment to New England's Renewable Future
More than a hundred clean energy business leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders at last week’s 153rd New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable had their eyes set on the future of renewable energy in...
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Restructuring Roundtable – Energy Storage Recap & Takeaways
On Friday, December 9, the New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable forum was abuzz with excitement and anticipation for the bright future of energy storage in Massachusetts and the Northeast. Two...
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The US Offshore Wind Industry Takes Flight off Block Island
Fifteen miles off the coast of Rhode Island, the US offshore wind industry has taken a giant step forward. With Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm constructed and set to...
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Signing of the Times: Gov. Baker Inks Momentous Clean Energy Legislation at State House Ceremony
Under a blazing summer sun, with more than a hundred people from the clean energy community and Legislature watching, Governor Charlie Baker signed a major piece of energy legislation into law this week, setting the Commonwealth on a path that will accelerate the deployment of clean energy and accelerate the economy by providing a stable policy framework for investors and developers of clean energy.