WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. EL21-7-000) involving Cricket Valley Energy Center LLC and Empire Generating Co. LLC vs. New York Independent System Operator: * * * I dissent from today's order.[1] Once again, the majority refuses to address price suppression--this time in the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.'s (NYISO) installed capacity sp  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. ER19-1428-005) involving ISO New England Inc.: * * * I concur in today's order[1] on remand from the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) to eliminate Inventoried Energy Program payments to nuclear, coal, biomass, and hydroelectric generators.[2] The D.C. Circuit's d  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 26, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont today sent the following letter to Congressional leaders thanking them for their longstanding support of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and expressing their support for President Joe Biden's request for an emergency supplemental aid package  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Sept. 26 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Northeast Tech Bridge hosted its first Demo Day in an effort to introduce new undersea technology from local start-up companies to a Navy audience. The event, which featured seven companies, technology demonstrations and information sessions, was held Sept. 1 at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility. Division Newport's Technical Director Ron Vien welc  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: National Grid's Massachusetts Geothermal Program Implementation Plan has now been approved by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). This follows the DPU's order issued late last year approving National Grid's five year demonstration program of networked ground source heat pumps. National Grid is currently reviewing applications received from interested cust  more