Vineyard Wind resumes installation of turbine blades

OFFSHORE WIND: The Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts restarts installation of turbine blades, five months after a defective blade broke off and scattered debris in the surrounding waters. (Vineyard Gazette)

ALSO:

• The Biden administration urges the Supreme Court not to hear a petition by a Nantucket group asking for more analysis of how Vineyard Wind could impact the endangered right whale. (E&E News, subscription)
• A New Jersey county ends litigation against a failed plan for an offshore wind farm after being assured the project is truly dead. (OCNJDaily)
• An offshore wind terminal on Staten Island is set to begin construction in the early months of 2025, having received key regulatory approvals this year. (SILive)

SOLAR: A major energy developer partners with Walmart to build 10 MW of community solar capacity in five states, including Maine, Massachusetts, and New York. (news release)

EQUITY: Massachusetts’ new climate law creates a fund to help community groups engage with — and, if needed, fight against — plans for power plants and other infrastructure in their neighborhoods. (Boston Globe)

TRANSPORTATION: A New Jersey judge urges the administration of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to continue talks aimed at settling Murphy’s lawsuit trying to block New York’s congestion pricing plan. (Politico)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Vermont regulators try to figure out why the rollout of electric vehicle charging in the state seems to be stuck in neutral. (Vermont Public)

GRID:

• Improved interconnection processes and additional transmission capacity from Canada are necessary steps to accelerate decarbonization in Massachusetts, experts say. (RTO Insider, subscription)
• New York grid operator NYISO decides against financial penalties for underforming generators, but does go ahead with a system for removing them from the market if they are unable to demonstrate they have corrected their problems. (RTO Insider, subscription)
• A Vermont electric department receives $6 million in federal funds to improve its grid infrastructure and support solar and micro-hydro generation. (VermontBiz)

COMMENTARY:

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul must sign the Climate Change Superfund Act requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for environmental damage or working families will be left footing the bill, says a group of activist mothers. (City Limits)
• Pennsylvania’s strategies for mitigating methane emissions from its natural gas industry provide a model for how to successfully balance environmental responsibility and economic growth, says an Ohio climate justice advocate. (Energy News Network)