Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Dates for the final hearings on Invenergy power plant set
The dates for the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB)'s final hearings on Invenergy's proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island have been set, with hearin...
Latest regional energy market auction shows Invenergy plant not needed says CLF
The results of ISO New England's Forward Capacity Auction (FCA) 12, which determines energy suppliers and prices for southern New England three years from now, are in. This is the third consecutive auction in which there was no price sep...
DEM hearing on National Grid LNG project was inaccessible and exclusionary
It's called environmental racism. Community members and environmental allies cried foul Wednesday evening when the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) and National Grid held a public meeting at Veterans Memorial A...
A busy week in the Invenergy case
This has been a busy week in the Invenergy case, culminating in a Federal Energy regulatory Commission (FERC) ruling on Friday late afternoon in the second of the two pending lawsuits pertaining to Invenergy. This e-mail reviews the even...
Invenergy still trying to shift costs onto consumers maintains CLF and Burrillville, new Show Cause hearing requested
In response to the cancellation of next week's Show Cause Hearing, lawyers from Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Burrillville are asking the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) to suspend the Invenergy docket until the...
EFSB cancels Invenergy show cause hearing
Rather than defend their actions before the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) at a January 30 "show cause" hearing and risk having their application delayed for months or even years, Invenergy this week worked to eliminate the problems...
Invenergy withdraws one of two FERC lawsuits
Invenergy continues to clean up its messes. In a letter, Invenergy writes, "because the lawsuit has "proven contentious in the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board [EFSB] proceeding regarding [Invenergy]’s application for the permit...
Narragansett Indian Tribe contract with Invenergy is terminated
"...as of January 19, 2018, the Water Supply Agreement between the Narragansett Indian Tribe and Clear River Energy LLC, executed on September 19, 2017, has been terminated and is null and void," writes attorney Alan Shoer to the Energy...
Invenergy: Not Ready for Prime Time!
Here is a mildly amusing sidelight to the Invenergy saga. Invenergy’s ham-fisted missteps might be funny if there were not so much at stake. Invenergy seems to have a large number of "related entities" doing different parts of it power p...
CLF's Jerry Elmer: 'Invenergy is being a bully.'
"As a public relations matter, this makes Invenergy look like a bully," said Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer referring to the report by Alex Kuffner in yesterday's Providence Journal that Invenergy has chose...