NEW YORK, March 7 -- S&P Global Platts, a subsidiary of S&P Global, issued the following news: ISO New England president and CEO Gordon van Welie Friday discussed the market operator's thinking about how its wholesale power markets will evolve as the resource mix shifts toward renewable energy while demand increases due to electrification of transport and other sectors. "There is no doubt that New England is moving toward a clean energy future," van Welie said during a conference call with rep  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order amending rule and statement of factual and policy basis (Docket No. 2020-00004) involving MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Amendments to Small Generator Interconnection Rules (Chapter 324): BARTLETT, Chair; WILLIAMSON and DAVIS, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Through this Order, the Commission amends its Small Generator Interconnection Rule (Chapter 324). The purpose of the amendments is to ensure the timel  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 7 -- Memphis International Airport issued the following news release: Delta Air Lines has announced that it will launch daily nonstop service between Memphis International Airport (MEM) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) starting October 4, 2020. Boston was previously MEM's top unserved destination, with an average of 85 passengers traveling each way daily between the two cities. Delta will utilize a 76-seat Embraer 175 aircraft for the route, which will op  more

OXFORD, England, March 7 -- Osprey Publishing, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, published the following book - "American Guided Missiles of World War II" by Steven J. Zaloga: World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US built pioneering examples of guided weapons systems. However, whilst the German missiles of World War II are famous around the world, their American counterparts have remained shrouded in secrecy, despite the fa  more

OXFORD, England, March 7 -- Osprey Publishing, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, published the following book - "P-40E Warhawk vs A6M2 Zero-sen, East Indies and Darwin 1942" by Peter Ingman: The P-40E Warhawk is often viewed as one of the less successful American fighter designs of World War II, but in 1942 the aircraft was all that was available to the USAAC in-theatre. Units equipped with the aircraft were duly forced into combat against the deadly A6M2 Zero-sen, which had already earned i  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony on March 5 by Michael O'Malley, president of the Railway Supply Institute, at a hearing entitled "Threats Posed by State-Owned and State-Supported Enterprises to Public Transportation ": Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the threats facing public transportation systems from foreign state-owned and state-supported enterprises, an issue that is of critical importance to th  more

ORONO, Maine, March 7 [TNSfinancialresearch] -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: How people fish matters perhaps as much as the quantity harvested, say University of Maine researchers Kara Pellowe and Heather Leslie. Their study (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3071) published in Ecosphere details the impacts of size-selective fishing on an economically important species of clam in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The information is critical for fisheries managers to des  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, March 7 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Twenty-three students from the University of New England College of Pharmacy (COP) recently traveled to Augusta to participate in Pharmacy Day at the Maine State House. The Feb. 25 trip to the state Capitol was organized by the UNE branch of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists as an opportunity for students to receive informal face time with Maine's 151 legislators and   more