CLIMATE CHANGE is real. So too is a massive transformation underway of electric power generation markets and transmission networks. That transformation is largely driven by public policies focused on electrification of vehicles, buildings, and industrial processes. This electrification, to achieve climate goals, will depend increasingly on electricity from wind and solar resources. Implementing these policies […]
Carl Gustin
Carl Gustin is a senior advisor with SalientPoint LLC and former utility executive, co-founder of an energy efficiency company and founder of a regional energy association.
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What’s happened to CLF?
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION was once a respected organization that worked with utilities and government to help move the region away from oil and coal to cleaner natural gas and renewable energy and make Massachusetts the national leader in energy efficiency. But in a full-page ad in Sunday’s Boston Globe followed by comments in CommonWealth Tuesday […]
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Time to revisit the need for more gas pipelines
NEW ENGLAND’S GOVERNORS, who for years called for increasing the delivery capacity of natural gas into the region, have largely gone silent. Today, the region is seeing the consequences with Bloomberg reporting December 27 that “spot prices more than tripled … and turned the region into the world’s priciest market.” Natural gas prices last week […]