Plug pulled on gas plant in overburdened New Jersey county

FOSSIL FUELS: Developers of a proposed 657 MW gas-fired power plant, which would have become the seventh of its kind in an environmentally overburdened New Jersey county, are no longer pursuing the project. (NJ Advance Media)

ALSO: New Jersey utility regulators approve PSE&G’s two-year, $902 million gas system modernization plan to replace around 400 miles of old cast iron pipes. (NJ Biz)

HYDROGEN: Two hydrogen hubs partially located in Pennsylvania are reportedly poised to receive hundreds of millions in federal grants, but the official, detailed announcement is expected tomorrow. (Reuters, Pennsylvania Capital-Star)

OFFSHORE WIND: Rhode Island’s coastal management council votes to certify that the development plan for a roughly 2 GW wind project plan is consistent with state policies. (Providence Journal)

POLICY: Massachusetts publishes an update to its 2018 climate adaptation plan, which the governor says will help the state secure federal funds. (Boston Globe)

CLEAN ENERGY: A Pennsylvania environmental policy center ranks the state second-to-last in terms of renewable energy development since 2013. (Lehigh Valley News)

SOLAR: In New Jersey, an Atlantic City casino operator installs 6.5 MW worth of solar canopies on its parking garages, offsetting its total energy consumption by 6%. (electrek)

BUILDINGS:

• In New York, Long Island residents are finding reasons to be attracted to the transit-oriented developments being created along rail lines. (Newsday)
• A consortium of energy and housing entities begin building ​“zero-energy” single-family homes on a microgrid in Maryland that will be sold as affordable housing. (news release)

NUCLEAR: The company decommissioning the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant says it’s ahead of schedule. (NBC 5)

HYDROPOWER: Federal energy officials announce three Vermont hydroelectric facilities will be among the recipients of more than $38 million in incentives. (WCAX)

CLIMATE: Given New Yorkers’ lack of compliance with recycling regulations, some observers question if city residents will follow new food scrap separation requirements. (City Limits)

FLOODS: A victim of Massachusetts’ flash floods underscores how challenging it is to recover in areas that don’t require flood insurance and haven’t yet received a federal disaster declaration. (WCVB)