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Energy & Utilities

  • Suspended pipeline project 'officially dead'

    State House News Service May 24, 2016

    After suspending work in April, Kinder Morgan has fully pulled the plug on its controversial Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project.

    State House News Service May 24, 2016
  • Smart Grid pilot at $55M and counting

    Laura Finaldi May 23, 2016

    At the end of its first year, National Grid's two-year smart meter pilot program in Worcester has exceeded its $46M budget by 21%, with an $830-million bill looming.

    Laura Finaldi May 23, 2016
  • New Mass. environmental regulations needed under court ruling

    State House News Service May 18, 2016

    A unanimous Supreme Judicial Court ruling handed down on Tuesday affirms the state's obligations under a 2008 global warming law and orders state government to create and implement regulations that apply to multiple carbon sources to meet its

    State House News Service May 18, 2016
  • House bill may come in 'south' of Baker hydro number, wind power requests

    State House News Service May 16, 2016

    The House energy bill will likely come in below Baker's proposal for hydropower procurement and what the offshore wind industry wants to produce and sell to Massachusetts ratepayers.

    State House News Service May 16, 2016
  • Court rules gas co. can take Mass. land for pipeline

    Sam Bonacci May 10, 2016

    A Massachusetts Superior Court has ruled that the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company can take part of a state forest in Western Massachusetts by eminent domain for its natural gas pipeline.

    Sam Bonacci May 10, 2016
  • Mass. banking on natural gas, renewables to replace retiring plants

    Laura Finaldi May 9, 2016

    As several thousand megawatts on the New England electric grid prepare to retire, Massachusetts officials are looking to natural gas, hydropower and wind to replace retiring generation and to power the commonwealth going forward.

    Laura Finaldi May 9, 2016
  • Ameresco sees revenue boost; returns to profitability

    Sam Bonacci May 5, 2016

    Framingham's Ameresco boasted revenue growth, returning to profitability in the first quarter of 2016, the company said in an announcement Thursday.

    Sam Bonacci May 5, 2016
  • Energy chief flags need for more natural gas

    May 4, 2016

    In the wake of the suspension of Kinder Morgan's major natural gas pipeline project in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Baker administration's energy chief on Tuesday stressed that "incremental" increased natural gas capacity continues to be a

    May 4, 2016
  • Hydropower getting support despite reservations over cost

    State House News Service May 2, 2016

    A new policy brief from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce describes hydropower as featuring energy reliability and environmental impact "strengths" with "less clear" impacts on costs for ratepayers.

    State House News Service May 2, 2016
  • Hopkinton architects create highest LEED-rated building in Massachusetts

    Sam Bonacci April 28, 2016

    The firm of Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects announced that its recently completed project for Subaru of New England in Norwood has achieved the LEED Platinum rating with 86 points, making it the highest rated LEED building in Massachusetts and

    Sam Bonacci April 28, 2016
  • Framingham firm secures $25M energy contract

    Sam Bonacci April 27, 2016

    Energy efficiency company Ameresco has inked a $24.7-million contract for deep retrofits to 12 federal buildings in five U.S. cities.

    Sam Bonacci April 27, 2016
  • Beacon Hill keeps solar working … for now

    Sean Gallagher Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 25, 2016

    A legislative log-jam blocking billions of dollars in solar investment to Massachusetts' economy was broken this month but there's still more work to be done.

    Sean Gallagher Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 25, 2016
  • Outsourced Ideology: Sending the dirty work of clean energy north

    Laura Finaldi April 25, 2016

    Unable and unwilling to install the necessary infrastructure for renewable energy, Central Mass. has teamed with the rest of southern New England to pay far-flung locations to help meet the region's lofty goals for emissions-free electricity.

    Laura Finaldi April 25, 2016
  • Study predicts shift towards wind, hydro will save consumers money

    State House News Service April 22, 2016

    A new study on the impact large-scale hydro and wind power imports could have on the Massachusetts energy market predicts significant savings for consumers.

    State House News Service April 22, 2016
  • Kinder Morgan pipeline suspension 'game changer' for Mass. energy debate

    State House News Service April 21, 2016

    Kinder Morgan suspending work on its controversial gas pipeline project will allow for a broader debate about the state's energy mix.

    State House News Service April 21, 2016
  • Westborough co. provides solar energy storage to Japan

    Sam Bonacci April 21, 2016

    NEC Energy Solutions has provided a large-scale energy storage system that will help make better use of the energy generated by a large solar-powered plant in Japan.

    Sam Bonacci April 21, 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.