TMP Podcast #5 – New England Clean Energy Connect Analysis Part I: How the NECEC Got Legs

This episode is the first part in a series looking at the New England Clean Energy Connect Project.  In this part we look at how, exactly, a project like the NECEC gets legs in the first place.  How does New England’s wholesale electricity market work & what’s happening in Massachusetts to spur this project forward?  Continue Reading Below for show sources.

Massachusetts Renewables Portfolio Standard & Clean Energy Requirements

Petition for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of a long-term contract for procurement of clean energy generation, pursuant to Section83D of An Act Relative to Green Communities

REQUESTFORPROPOSALSFORLONG-TERMCONTRACTSFOR CLEANENERGYPROJECTS (.pdf)

Massachusetts Attorney General Testimony Regarding NECEC Contract (.pdf)

Letter from Gov Baker to Mass distribution companies regarding Northern Pass Rejection (.pdf)

Complete List of 83D Bids

List of 83D Documents

83D Archived Documents and Stakeholder Comments

MassDEP – Clean Energy Standard Fact Sheet (.pdf)

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection310 CMR 7.75: Clean Energy StandardFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (.pdf)

Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 (.pdf)

Clean Energy Standard (310 CMR 7.75) (Last Year)

Clean Energy Standard (310 CMR 7.75) (This Year)

Background Document on Proposed Amendments to: 310 CMR 7.75 Clean Energy Standard (.pdf)

Opinion of Mass Att General on NECEC Contract (.pdf)

Hydro-Quebec Romaine Complex

Competitively Solicited Long-Term Contracts for Clean Energy (.pdf)

220 CMR 24: Competitively Solicited Long-Term Contracts for Clean Energy (.pdf)

220 CMR 17: Long Term Contracts for Renewable Energy (.pdf)

Annual RPS and APS Annual Compliance Reports

Section 11F: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for Retail Electricity Suppliers

225 CMR 14: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS): Class I (.pdf)

Massachusetts 2016 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) and Alternative Portfolio Standard (APS) Annual Compliance Report (.pdf)

Annual Compliance Reports

An Act Relative to Green Communities

Massachusetts Issues New RFP for Clean Energy Projects; Seeks 9,450,000 MWh Annually

Summaries of all Renewable and Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Programs

Lists of Qualified Generation Units

An Act to Promote Energy Diversity

An Analysis of the Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard (.pdf)

ISO New England

ISO New England Website

Maps & Diagrams

2016/17 Maine Resource Integration Study – Additional Scenarios and Cluster Formation (.pdf)

How Electricity Flows: From Wholesale to Retail (.pdf)

New England’s Electricity Use

How Electricity Flows: From Wholesale to Retail

Operating the Power System

Industry Standards, Structure, and Relationships

Administering the Commercial Markets

Interconnection Request Queue

History of ISO New England

Resource Mix

Running the Electric Power Grid (.pdf)

Power System Planning

Ties to Neighboring Grids

Transmission Cost Allocation

About Competitive Transmission Projects in New England

2016 Maine Resource Integration Study — Scope of Work (.pdf)

Administrating the Wholesale Electricity Markets

New England Power Grid State Profiles 2019 – 2020 (.pdf)

New England Geographic Transmission Map Through 2029 (.pdf)

New England Power Grid 2019-2020 Profile (.pdf)

New England Power Grid State Profiles 2019-2020 (.pdf)

Regional System Plan & Related Analyses

Current (2019) Regional System Plan (.pdf)

Imports/Exports & Generation vs Consumption Comparisons

Annual Generation – State Historical Tables for 2019 (.xls)

Sales to Ultimate Customers (Megawatthours) by State by Sector by Provider, 1990-2019 ).xls)

Maine Profile Analysis (2020)

Maine State Energy Profile (July 2020)

Maine State Energy Profile (June 2019)

Massachusetts Profile Analysis (2020)

Massachusetts Profile Analysis (2019)

Massachusetts State Energy Profile (Jan 2021)

Massachusetts State Energy Profile (Aug 2020)

Massachusetts State Energy Profile (Jan 2020)

Rankings: Average Retail Price of Electricity to Residential Sector, May 2020

Rankings: Average Retail Price of Electricity to Residential Sector, October 2020

Hydro-Quebec: North America’s Leading Provider of Clean Energy

Exports to New England

Governor, Premier Announce Preliminary Vermont-Quebec Agreement

New York City Mayor Wants a Contract with Hydro-Quebec by Next Year

Hydro-Quebec sets 20-year energy deal with Massachusetts

Hydro-Quebec Selected for the Biggest Contract of its History

Hydro-Quebec Poised to Profit from U.S. thirst for Green Energy

Hydro-Quebec: Hydroelectric Generating Stations

Incremental Hydropower Imports Whitepaper (.pdf)

Massachusetts Utilities Conclude Contract Negotiations to Import Hydro

Maine Power Line Picked over Vermont Options for mass RFP – Vermont Biz

Next Up, Central Maine Power – CommonWealth Magazine

Controversial $1B Canada-US transmission line gets Maine PUC Approval