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(MA-specific) Interagency Rates Working Group (IRWG) Electric Rate Design Stakeholder Sessions:
IRWG includes representatives from various MA state offices. It was formed to advance near- and long-term electric rate designs that align with the Commonwealth’s decarbonization goals. The IRWG is conducting a study of electric rates ...
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MA DPU Road Show:
The Massachusetts Dept of Public Utilities is going on the road! The commissioners will be hosting a series of meetings across the state to engage directly with the public. The three Commissioners,who oversee the Department, will ...
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GMAC meetings (MA-specific):
The utilities filed their final Electric Sector Modernization Plans with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) on January 29, 2024.The filed plans can be accessed through the GMAC website, or directly through the DPU fileroom. Read ...
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We have a new video about our action at the ISO-NE board meeting!
Check it out here , and many thanks to Ron Blau for creating it.
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Calling all Fix The Grid Committees
The FTG Digital Presence Committee is responsible for the FTG website https://fix-the-grid.org/ and social media presence via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FixtheGridNE/. We support the mission of FTG by bringing our message and extending our reach within our ...
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Announcements / Updates /Events
Maine Grid Works meeting:
The next monthly MAINE GRID WORKS meeting online will be FRIDAY, MAY 3 at 4:00PM. The guest speaker will be the Consumer Advocate for New Hampshire, Don Kreis. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87560887890?pwd=TjZKdm1MYWtLb3F0ZGlZZkRreEpIZz09 Meeting ID: 875 6088 7890Passcode: 893880
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National Academies Workshop:
National Academies is holding a workshop on June 17-18, 2024 in Washington, DC (and online) that will explore how to maintain and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electricity system under increasingly complex operating conditions. This event will bring together leaders from government, industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to consider ...
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Demand Response & Energy Democracy
#NoCoalNoGas at the #CLG Meeting! Yesterday the topic was “demand response,” which focuses on energy grid management that reduces our times of highest energy usage. New England’s grid operators (ISO-NE) don’t utilize demand response mechanisms quite as much as other regions, preferring to have “peaker plants” that get called to ...
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Follow up from MA EJ Table event on energy siting reform:
Nearly 250 people attended the EJ forum in person and online back in January! If you have not yet signed the petition to support the bill for siting improvement, please do so now. And if you have, thank you- please help spread the word. Here is the recording of the event if you would ...
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NECPUC symposium:
The 76th annual NECPUC (New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners) Symposium is coming up May 19th to 21st in Bretton Woods, NH. We got the suggestion that this would be a good place to connect with a number of state agency heads related to the grid. FTG has the funder ...
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Video recording of FERC Office of Public Participation Workshop
OPP recently held a workshop on “Public Participation in the Natural Gas Pre-Filing Review Process,” which is now available online here. OPP’s next WorkshOPP, this fall, will focus on participating as an intervenor in Commission proceedings.
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Upcoming Action
Virtual EPA Region 1 Online Resource Fair on Wednesday, May 8th from 1-4pm (EST)
This resource fair will provide attendees with information about open grant competitions such as the Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program and other programs unique to EPA Region 1 including the Healthy Communities Grant Program. During this virtual resource fair attendees will also have opportunities to network with other attendees from your state and/or connect to Community Change Grant technical assistance from EnDyna. Please click the link to register today: Register Here
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Maine Public Utilities Commission:
The ME PUC is holding a few “Coffee and Conversation with the Commissioners” this spring, with the first one coming up on April 2nd at 12pm remotely. More information here. There will be another remote coffee session on April 30th at 5pm.
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Submit a comment to ISO-NE!!
Last Wednesday, ISO-NE held their second ever open board meeting. Please submit written comments to the board regarding Fix the Grid’s demands! You can email comments to legal@iso-ne.com. If you submit a comment, please note these asks: Ask that ISO-NE respond specifically and publicly to your comment, and all the comments submitted, the way state and federal agencies do.
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