CT ​‘right-to-charge’ bill paves path for renters to install EV chargers

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A ​‘right-to-charge’ bill under consideration in Connecticut would give renters of multi-unit buildings the right to install electric vehicle charging equipment in their designated parking spaces. (Energy News Network)

ALSO:
• In a bid to increase transportation emissions reductions, Connecticut lawmakers introduce bills to strengthen emissions standards for certain trucks and further incentivize electric vehicle purchases. (Hartford Courant)
• Travelers at Baltimore’s international airport will soon be shuttled on one of eight new electric buses, a purchase amounting to $6.86 million. (Daily Record)

SOLAR:
• New York solar advocates tell the state utility commission that more considerations for vulnerable communities need to be incorporated in the state distributed solar roadmap. (PV Magazine)
• Portland, Maine, partners with a local solar developer to provide city residents with discounts on solar, heat pumps and EV chargers. (Associated Press)
• An energy developer submits a rezoning request to construct a community garden and an 80-acre solar array in upstate New York. (Post Star)
• A central New Jersey zoning board rejects a request to build a nearly 5 MW array on a parcel of land not zoned for that type of project. (CentralJersey.com)

EQUITY:
• New York’s Climate Justice Working Group publishes a draft interactive map highlighting the state’s most environmentally unjust communities. (WHEC)
• New York City officials aim to minimize unemployment among Black and Hispanic residents through environmentally friendly or climate mitigating jobs. (The City)

AFFORDABILITY:
• As New York’s first utility customer watchdog exits the role, some observers question exactly how much advocacy he actually did. (Gothamist)
• Maryland legislators consider eliminating a policy that automatically increases the state’s gas tax to track with inflation. (WBAL)
• Massachusetts lawmakers vote down a proposal to pause the state’s gas tax, with some explaining that doing so would threaten the state’s bond rating because those levies are promised to bondholders. (MassLive)
• Maine lawmakers introduce numerous bills to try to mitigate gas price spikes, including a plan to hasten application processing for heating assistance. (Portland Press Herald)

OFFSHORE WIND: Fearing a small Maine island could become an offshore wind hub, environmentalists hire a consultancy to examine where facilities might be placed on that island and nearby. (Bangor Daily News)

GAS: A southeastern Pennsylvania university cancels classes after a car crashed into the gas regulator station that helps supply the campus with heat and hot water. (CBS Philadelphia)