Massachusetts

The Statehouse News Service reports on proposed legislation in Massachusetts, which would require utilities to consider grid enhancing technologies (GETs) and other technologies before moving toward new construction. The article quotes United’s Kat Burnham, who testified at a recent legislative hearing in support of the legislation and underlined the vital role GETs can play in making the state’s power grid more reliable, flexible, and efficient.

Immediate and long-term changes are needed to ISO-NE’s interconnection process to avoid delaying state clean energy goals, finds new Advanced Energy United commissioned analysis from Daymark Energy Advisors.

Today, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources published its “Technical Potential of Solar Study” report and the results are in: their geospatial analysis of potential solar land use confirms the state has up to 18 times the solar potential than what will ultimately be needed. This report lays the groundwork for the next chapter in Massachusetts’ solar policy.

The Boston Globe examines Massachusetts’ uphill climb towards achieving its steep clean energy goals, quoting Jeremy McDiarmid’s enthusiasm surrounding the state’s ability to tackle transmission and infrastructure obstacles to make way for advanced energy technologies.