NY awards 2.5 GW of renewables contracts

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RENEWABLES

• New York executes renewable energy certificate contracts for 26 wind, solar and hydroelectric projects totalling 2.57 GW in capacity, in response to the state energy authority’s solicitation. (RTO Insider, news release)

WIND

• Community leaders in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park celebrate the reinstatement of Empire Wind, after they had spent years working to secure local jobs as part of the project. (Washington Post)

SOLAR

• A 355-acre New York solar farm sells for $10.7 million to a Texas renewables firm. (Albany Business Review)

NUCLEAR

• The Rhode Island House approves legislation allowing public utilities to purchase nuclear power from out-of-state facilities. (Warwick Post)

GRID

• PSEG argues in front of a federal judge for access to properties after more than 100 landowners blocked the company from conducting surveys for the contentious Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project. (Maryland Matters)

• New England’s grid operator says it’s considering reviewing deteriorating transmission infrastructure on its system and advising owners to take on certain upgrade projects. (RTO Insider)

• A Pennsylvania House panel hears from Duquesne Light and West Penn Power officials about days-long outages and restoration challenges during major storms last month. (Trib Live)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• An electric truck showcase in Natick, Massachusetts, lets commercial and municipal fleet owners check out new models and ask questions about charging, driving ranges, and other factors. (Boston Globe)

COMMENTARY

• A Pennsylvania bill that would place decommissioning requirements on solar farms unfairly equates their environmental risks with fossil fuels’, an environmental advocate and a former regulator write. (Go Erie)

NEW FROM CANARY

• House Republicans’ proposed rollback of two tax credits for weatherization and clean energy installations could prevent homeowners from lowering their energy costs and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, Alison F. Takemura reports.

• Researchers recommend ways states can continue cleaning up heavy industry even as the Trump administration moves to cancel funding for decarbonization projects, Jeff St. John reports.