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Energy & Utilities

  • Massachusetts drought enters fourth week

    State House News Service July 22, 2016

    Water restrictions are going into place in Worcester and other parts of the state as the state enters its fourth week of drought conditions.

    State House News Service July 22, 2016
  • Worcester named renewable energy leader

    Sam Bonacci July 22, 2016

    The city of Worcester has been highlighted as one of the state's renewable energy leaders in a new report from the nonprofit Environment Massachusetts.

    Sam Bonacci July 22, 2016
  • Pipeline opponents camp, rally at State House

    State House News Service July 18, 2016

    Tents pitched by pipeline opponents, who camped overnight after walking 43 miles to Boston, sprawled across the State House steps ahead of a planned rally Monday.

    State House News Service July 18, 2016
  • Marlborough co. handling nuclear plant auction

    Sam Bonacci July 18, 2016

    Marlborough's Concentric Energy Advisors will be in charge of auctioning off the Tennessee Valley Authority's incomplete Bellefonte Nuclear Plant near Hollywood, Ala., by this October.

    Sam Bonacci July 18, 2016
  • Evaluating the price of parking in Worcester

    John Mcintyre July 18, 2016

    With growing signs of downtown revitalization, city and business officials confront subsidized parking rates to improve infrastructure.

    John Mcintyre July 18, 2016
  • Ameresco secures $72M to improve EPA energy efficiency

    Sam Bonacci July 12, 2016

    Framingham-based Ameresco has received a $72.2-million contract to improve the energy efficiency of four federal buildings in Washington, D.C., including the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    Sam Bonacci July 12, 2016
  • Westborough battery firm secures partnership

    Sam Bonacci July 5, 2016

    Boston-Power has entered into a strategic cooperation with SPI Energy as that company is set to release $500 million in bonds towards building battery capacity for electric vehicles.

    Sam Bonacci July 5, 2016
  • Mass. Senate passes energy bill

    State House News Service July 1, 2016

    An energy bill passed 39-0 by the Senate Thursday evening would require the solicitation of long-term contracts for at least 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2027 as part of an effort to diversify the state's energy mix and comply with greenhouse

    State House News Service July 1, 2016
  • Worcester co. launches solar division

    Sam Bonacci June 28, 2016

    World Energy Efficiency Services, an energy efficiency services company based in Worcester, has launched a new solar division that will carry clients from the planning stage through final installation.

    Sam Bonacci June 28, 2016
  • Senate bill seeks bigger renewable base

    State House News Service June 27, 2016

    The Massachusetts Senate plans an aggressive approach to bolstering the state's power supplies with renewable resources like hydropower and offshore wind.

    State House News Service June 27, 2016
  • Ameresco completes 18.6 MW Army project; installs 59,994 solar panels

    Sam Bonacci June 20, 2016

    Framingham's Ameresco has completed an 18.6 megawatt (MW) direct current solar facility built for the U.S. Army in Maryland.

    Sam Bonacci June 20, 2016
  • Solect expands into solar maintenance

    Sam Bonacci June 16, 2016

    Solect Energy announced this week that it has expanded its services beyond installation and into solar array operation and management services.

    Sam Bonacci June 16, 2016
  • WBJ named second best biz paper in country

    Brad Kane June 13, 2016

    Worcester Business Journal was honored as the second best small business-to-business publication in the country on Saturday at the annual conference of the Alliance of Area Business Publications, while a WBJ editorial was named the best of the year

    Brad Kane June 13, 2016
  • Solect builds 7KW of solar at birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

    Sam Bonacci June 10, 2016

    Hopkinton's Solect Energy has brought solar power to the farm house where transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau was born nearly 200 years ago.

    Sam Bonacci June 10, 2016
  • Baker: Power drain underscores need for energy plan

    State House News Service June 10, 2016

    Gov. Charlie Baker cited the need to plan for the impending retirement of nuclear and fossil fuel power sources as one reason he wants energy legislation to make it to his desk in coming weeks.

    State House News Service June 10, 2016
  • Senator sees lack of consensus on zoning, housing bill

    State House News Service June 9, 2016

    Proponents and opponents alike can agree: zoning reform is far from the sexiest issue to be debated on Beacon Hill and is not a subject that excites very many people.

    State House News Service June 9, 2016

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Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
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In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.