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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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Legislature Should Push Pipeline Expansion
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Legislature Should Push Pipeline Expansion

Right now, it seems like Massachusetts remains on the slow boat to natural gas pipeline expansion, which is impacting prices for customers and reliability for power generators. The region needs an expedient solution to avoid an energy crisis which may only have been tempered by the recent drop in oil prices that made LNG more […]

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Low, Long-Term Oil Prices Isn't Wise Policy
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Low, Long-Term Oil Prices Isn’t Wise Policy

In a recent blog, Christophe Courchesne of the Conservation Law Foundation describes the recent drop in wholesale power prices as reason why the region does not need expansion of natural gas pipelines. The final sentence of his article thoughtfully begins, “In a market that can turn on a dime.” And that is really what is […]

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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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Clean Energy Resources Bill Not That Simple
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Clean Energy Resources Bill Not That Simple

PowerOptions® is the leading energy buying consortium in Massachusetts, setting the bar for other groups and suppliers. By consolidating the gas and electricity energy buying power of Massachusetts nonprofits, as well as state and municipal facilities, PowerOptions is one of the largest consortiums of its kind. PowerOptions brings budget certainty, cost savings, financial protection and […]

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