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Energy & Utilities

  • Hydropower and overtime laws

    July 20, 2015

    WATER OVER SUN, WINDGov.

    July 20, 2015
  • Baker's push for hydropower

    July 20, 2015

    During his final year in office, former governor Deval Patrick urged lawmakers to require Massachusetts to get more of its electricity from hydropower. This month, his successor renewed the call.

    July 20, 2015
  • Region’s wholesale power price plummets in June

    July 16, 2015

    Mild weather, weak demand and low average natural gas prices sent June's wholesale power price to under $20 per megawatt-hour, ISO New England reported Wednesday.

    July 16, 2015
  • Kinder Morgan board approves new gas pipeline for Mass.

    Sam Bonacci July 16, 2015

    The board of Kinder Morgan, the parent company of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP), has voted to move forward with a gas pipeline expansion project from New York to Massachusetts.

    Sam Bonacci July 16, 2015
  • Average Mass. gas price drops 3 cents

    July 13, 2015

    A recent drop in crude oil prices helped push down the cost of gasoline three cents last week, according to AAA Northeast.

    July 13, 2015
  • Baker bill would boost hydropower

    State House News Service July 9, 2015

    Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday filed procurement legislation to boost the state's supply of hydropower, a goal he says will increase electricity reliability, help grow an alternative to coal and oil power generation, and enable the state to meet

    State House News Service July 9, 2015
  • AG to lead study of state's energy outlook

    July 7, 2015

    With Gov. Charlie Baker and industry interests pushing for more natural gas capacity in the region, Attorney General Maura Healey on Monday announced she'll lead a study that will look at whether more gas is needed and if so, how much.

    July 7, 2015
  • Healey, Markey disappointed by Supreme Court’s ruling on power plant

    State House News Service June 30, 2015

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down Obama administration efforts to rein in air pollution from power plants, saying the Environmental Protection Agency had improperly failed to consider costs when assessing the appropriateness of its

    State House News Service June 30, 2015
  • Environmental groups scoff at pipeline report

    State House News Service June 26, 2015

    Environmentalists are questioning the findings of a study funded by a Kinder Morgan subsidiary that found jobs and energy savings would accrue from a pipeline the company hopes to build.

    State House News Service June 26, 2015
  • Institute sees economic benefit to Kinder Morgan pipeline

    State House News Service June 24, 2015

    Analyzing a controversial pipeline that would bring Pennsylvanian natural gas into New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the Beacon Hill Institute found it would bring substantial benefits in construction jobs and lower energy costs to Massachusetts.

    State House News Service June 24, 2015
  • Domaleski, founder and builder of World Energy Solutions, embraces broad approach in latest venture

    Christina P. O'neill Special To The Worcester Business Journal June 22, 2015

    Find a need and fill it. Find a product and improve it. Add value and make money doing it. That's Richard Domaleski's strategy for the company he founded in 2012, Worcester-based Mansfield Holdings Group LLC.

    Christina P. O'neill Special To The Worcester Business Journal June 22, 2015
  • Lift cap, give us more solar energy

    June 22, 2015

    Should Massachusetts lift its net-metering cap to help encourage wider adoption of solar energy?

    June 22, 2015
  • ISO: Power use rose, prices fell in May

    June 19, 2015

    The warmest May in 12 years caused consumers to use more power last month, but it cost them less thanks to low prices for natural gas, according to ISO New England, which monitors the region's power grid.

    June 19, 2015
  • Gulf Oil mum on 'rumors' about sale report

    Emily Micucci June 4, 2015

    Cumberland Gulf Group's fuel business, Gulf Oil LP of Framingham, issued a statement Wednesday that did not confirm or deny reports earlier this week that Gulf Oil was being sold to a Boston-area private equity firm.

    Emily Micucci June 4, 2015
  • Beaton hopes to “wean down” solar industry incentives

    State House News Service June 3, 2015

    While the Baker administration maintains the state is poised to hit its solar energy production target even without a change in law, solar industry advocates said lawmakers must take action to keep projects moving.

    State House News Service June 3, 2015
  • Gas pipeline changes to spare 6 Central Mass. communities

    Michael Norton State House News Service June 3, 2015

    Planned revisions to the proposed Kinder Morgan gas project mean the proposed pipeline will no longer affect several communities north and east of Worcester.

    Michael Norton State House News Service June 3, 2015

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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.