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Greenhouse Goal Should Avoid Poor Decisions

The cold weather over the last few weeks has resulted in a significant amount of electricity being generated by coal and oil in New England. But, on an annual basis, the amount of oil- and coal-generated electricity will still be about 1% or less of all of the generation in the region. It’s important to […]

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Utility Distribution Company Ratemaking

For years, many have been lamenting the ever-increasing number of rate mechanisms which fall outside of the base rate review process for utility distribution companies. There are roughly a dozen reconciliation charges, trackers and automatic adjustment charges on the bill for each gas and electric utility. Call them what you will, they all do the […]

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Cancellation of Kinder Morgan Pipeline
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Cancellation of Kinder Morgan Pipeline

There has been much hand-wringing and crystal ball reading in the days since Kinder Morgan announced its plans to cancel their Northeast Direct natural gas pipeline project. As usual, some of the analysis is spot on but most paint too broad a brush in identifying winners and losers, especially as it relates to consumers. One […]

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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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Nuclear Lessons Learned in Today’s Debate
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Nuclear Lessons Learned in Today’s Debate

New England is at a crossroad in its energy planning decision-making. The last time the region faced such critical decisions about investment in infrastructure sure to affect issues of reliability, costs and the environment was the 1980s over the future of nuclear power. In moving away from conventional fossil-fueled generation, there are many questions and […]

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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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