Solar industry executives, workers and municipal officials pushed Tuesday to get a bill to foster growth in the solar power industry over the finish line, repeating their warning that further delays will cost the state jobs and money.
Members of a Boston gas workers union that contracts with National Grid will meet Sunday to vote on a collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the utility company, according to the union's president.
Central Massachusetts solar installers and equipment providers said continued loss of state subsidies and the slow reaction of the Massachusetts legislature will soon lead to a spike in renewable energy prices and job losses in the solar industry.
Members of a local gas union representing 800 National Grid employees protested at the State House Wednesday claiming that the utility company's practice of hiring outside contractors puts the public at risk.
The Massachusetts solar industry saw huge growth in 2015, with solar jobs up over 35 percent throughout the state. However, those jobs are still largely concentrated in the eastern portion of the state, according to a survey from the Solar Foundation.
National Grid plans to invest just under $1.2 billion into energy efficiency programs over the next three years, with an expected payoff of $3.6 billion in savings for customers.
A federal energy regulatory agency has determined the ratemaking process for New England's electricity transmission prices lacks adequate transparency and is unjust and is working on changes that could ultimately lower energy rates for Massachusetts consumers and businesses.
Before he was a management professor at Nichols College, Leonard Samborowski worked for the head of army intelligence at the Pentagon, where he used data analytics to predict the outcome of possible military moves.