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Electricity Market Meets Region's Needs
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Electricity Market Meets Region’s Needs

In early February, ISO-NE conducted the annual auction for electricity capacity to serve the region. Under this competitive regime, ISO-NE seeks commitments from generators and other sources of supply, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and demand response, for a three-year period in the future, in this case, 2019-2020. The auction was successful in two significant […]

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PowerOptions CEO Cynthia Arcate's Testimony
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PowerOptions CEO Cynthia Arcate’s Testimony

Good Afternoon Chairman Downing, Chairman Golden, members of the Committee.  My name is Cynthia Arcate. I am the President and CEO of PowerOptions. Thank you for the opportunity to provide you with my views on the state of energy in the Commonwealth. I have about 30 years of experience in the energy industry, in both […]

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No More Excuses
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No More Excuses

The latest development in the never-ending debate on whether and how to increase natural gas capacity into New England is a low demand analysis from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER). This analysis was conducted at the direction of then-Governor Deval Patrick to determine whether new natural gas pipeline infrastructure is needed in the […]

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Power from Canada is No Panacea
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Power from Canada is No Panacea

Last Thursday afternoon, an event occurred on the New England power lines (called “ties”) from Canada which should give any proponent of buying large amounts of power from Canada pause. It turns out that at the same moment an executive from Northeast Utilities was speaking at the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group meeting that day about […]

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Solution to Renewable Energy Credit Problem
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Solution to Renewable Energy Credit Problem

About a year ago, we reported on an arcane but no less important problem of the inadequate supply of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) for Class II resources. To its credit, the state has moved to address this – through legislation, research and, recently, a new proposal that bears examination. Class II resources are the renewable […]

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Renewable Energy Credit Targets Need a Tweak
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Renewable Energy Credit Targets Need a Tweak

One of the many arcane dimensions of the energy world is the requirements of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS). In a nutshell, the RPS requires electricity suppliers to utilize a certain percentage of renewable energy in their sales. Suppliers meet that requirement by purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), which are generated from qualifying […]

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