Some state legislators are gunning for rooftop solar. Last year, New Hampshire legislators passed a bill that directed the Public Utilities Commission to open a proceeding to collect and analyze data to decide two things: First, whether the state needs a cap on the number of solar and other distributed clean energy installations permitted in…
Feb 6
2017
2017
Aug 7
2012
2012
A View from Inside (and Outside) the Annual Meeting of the New England Governors
Last week I found myself on the beautiful shores of Lake Champlain in Burlington Vermont at the 36th Annual meeting of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers. Normally, this meeting is a low key affair that doesn’t have a big impact on the place where it is being held. That was not the…
Aug 6
2012
2012
Can New England and Canada Achieve ‘Frenergy’?
Against a backdrop of protesters vehemently opposing bad proposals to bring energy from Canada into New England, governors from the six New England states this week demonstrated their commitment to a clean energy future for our region. They resolved to pool their buying power, regionally, for renewable energy. This will boost wind and solar energy, among other clean sources, at the best available price—a much-needed step on our path to affordable renewable energy and independence from dirty fossil fuels.
Jul 11
2011
2011
Wind Power and the Bowers Project – Who’s Right?
It’s constant, it’s overwhelming, and it’s likely never to go away. What is it? It’s information overload.