Pipeline plan loses key federal permit

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FOSSIL FUELS

• Federal appeals court judges vacate a key permit needed to build a controversial natural gas pipeline that would run underwater between New York and New Jersey. (New Jersey Monitor)

• As the company behind a Pennsylvania jet fuel spill faces a criminal probe, it is attempting to have part of a state clean water law declared unconstitutional. (Inside Climate News)

• Pennsylvania imposes a $15 million fine for exceeding emissions limits on a plant that uses natural gas to make plastic. (Allegheny Front)

DATA CENTERS

• Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) announces new data center regulations, including requirements that they generate their own clean energy and strike community benefits agreements with host municipalities. (NBC Boston)

WIND

• Rhode Island announces plans to procure 150 MW of power from a planned onshore wind farm in northern Maine that was announced last month. (What’s Up Newp)

• Massachusetts announces $4.2 million to boost the offshore wind and maritime workforces. (WWLP)

SOLAR

• The Maine Department of Energy Resources looks to launch new regulations to boost large-scale renewable power generators across the state that are cut out of the state’s net energy billing program. (Maine Morning Star)

• Clean energy advocates in New York urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill already passed by the legislature that would authorize the use of plug-in solar. (RochesterFirst)

UTILITIES

• An electric utility that serves more than half of Delaware’s residents appeals regulators’ decision to cut its proposed rate hike. (Spotlight Delaware)

• Vermont regulators approve a 5.5% electric rate increase for Green Mountain Power, declining the utility’s request for a 7.5% hike to help fund infrastructure improvements. (Vermont Public)

GRID

• Carbon prices help drive a 16% increase in New England’s spring energy costs, according to a quarterly report from grid operator ISO New England. (RTO Insider)

STORAGE

• Massachusetts extends the deadline for bids in its effort to procure 1 GW of mid-duration storage capacity. (Renewables Now)