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Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England

Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorized

Nearly a year after some of the region’s largest offshore wind developers began making noises about pulling out of their projects because of increased costs, and six months after they actually did, a new round of bidding coordinated among three states appears to show...
Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England

Ørsted pitches offshore wind project for State Pier in New London

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorized

Ørsted, the Danish energy company staging offshore wind projects at State Pier, announced Wednesday it has pitched a proposal for its biggest U.S. wind farm to date with New London as its base. The Danish wind giant was one of four companies to announce bids in the...
Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England

Downtown Meriden bridge reopens, another section of Harbor Brook uncovered

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 27, 2024 | Uncategorized

The Cedar Street bridge has reopened to downtown motorists after reconstruction, and workers have uncovered another section of Harbor Brook. But as the city moves toward expanding the Meriden Green to Cedar Street to create a sensory park, it is stymied by a lack of...
Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England

Here’s how one West Hartford company finds new energy in old landfills

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 27, 2024 | Uncategorized

Verogy, which works with all things solar energy, has a knack for turning landfills no longer fulfilling their original purpose into renewable energy. “All the landfills we’re using are what are called closed and capped,” said Brian Fitzgerald, the...
Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England

‘Broad discretion in setting rates’: Judge sides with PURA, dismissing most claims in Aquarion’s rate cut appeal

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 27, 2024 | Uncategorized

Superior Court Judge Matthew Budzik sided with PURA in dismissing nine of the 12 counts of Aquarion’s appeal. He remanded two counts to PURA, along with part of a third. Budzik upheld PURA’s methodology in determining rate cases, saying that the agency has broad...
Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England

Aquarion is for sale, but who will buy it? Here’s a look at what’s next

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 25, 2024 | Uncategorized

As Eversource Energy continues to explore the sale of its Aquarion Water subsidiary, it’s unclear exactly how many companies may be interested in buying it. The purchase, however, will have a ripple effect across Connecticut with more than 236,000 customers in...
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