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
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)
83D Archived Documents and Stakeholder Comments
MassDEP – Clean Energy Standard Fact Sheet (.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)
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)
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
2016/17 Maine Resource Integration Study – Additional Scenarios and Cluster Formation (.pdf)
How Electricity Flows: From Wholesale to Retail (.pdf)
How Electricity Flows: From Wholesale to Retail
Industry Standards, Structure, and Relationships
Administering the Commercial Markets
Running the Electric Power Grid (.pdf)
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 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
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