New England Legislative Updates: Balancing Renewable Goals with Energy Affordability

By Thea Aslanian, Energy Analyst Introduction and Background Across New England, state legislatures are rebalancing ambitious climate goals with rising concerns over energy affordability. Costs of living in the Northeast have risen 3% year-over-year as of June, with household energy costs rising almost 13%. In the first half of 2025, several states passed major reforms […]

Large Building Ordinance Requirements: Massachusetts’s Growing Momentum Toward Carbon Neutrality

By Emmett Burns, Associate Manager of Analytics In recent years, in regions with carbon reduction goals, incentive policies and falling renewable technology costs have resulted in reduced electricity sector carbon emissions. Transportation emissions have also declined because of electrification and improved fuel efficiency. Now, many local and state governments across the country have set their […]

Introduction to Clean Heat Standards

By Sandy Beauregard, Director of Sustainability Services and Catherine Nisbet, Associate Manager of Analytics As states across the U.S. adopt ambitious climate goals, the Clean Heat Standard (CHS) has emerged as a vital policy tool aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the heating sector. A CHS sets performance standards that obligate utilities and fossil […]

Offshore Wind in New England

By Charlotte Del Col, Associate Manager of Analytics Offshore wind energy is a complex and often polarizing technology, but it also has incredible potential to meet renewable energy goals and has become a critical part of many renewable energy roadmaps and state renewable portfolio standards (RPS).[1] China currently has the largest number of online offshore […]

Five Leading Liberal Arts College Partner to Create New Solar Energy Facility in Maine 

The Partnership is First Collaborative Purchase of New England-Generated Solar by Any Higher-Ed Consortium Five of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges have formed a pioneering collaborative that will allow them to offset 46,000 megawatt hours per year of their collective electrical needs with electricity created at a new solar power facility to be built […]