This Week In Power Plant News
Here’s a rundown of what’s happening this week with the proposed Burrillville power plant: Public comment hearing The Energy Facility Siting Board holds a hearing Wednesday evening for public comment...
View ArticleEFSB Suspends Its Review Of Burrillville Power Plant Application
The Energy Facility Siting Board has temporarily suspended its review of energy developer Invenergy’s application to build a power plant in Burrillville. That decision has disappointed the town,...
View ArticleConservation Law Foundation Renews Effort To Quash Gas Tax For Regional Pipeline
The Conservation Law Foundation is asking the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission to reconsider its decision not to reject a consumer tax that would help pay for natural gas pipeline expansions in...
View ArticleNational Grid Files To Withdraw Access Northeast Project In Rhode Island
National Grid is withdrawing its application for the project informally known as the pipeline tax.
View ArticleCLF Sues Over Johnston Reselling Water For Burrillville Power Plant
The Conservation Law Foundation is suing in an attempt to block Johnston from reselling water for Invenergy's proposed Burrillville power plant.
View ArticleRI Judge Hears Arguments On Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Invenergy,...
A Rhode Island Superior Court judge is still deciding whether to dismiss a lawsuit related to a proposed power plant in Burrillville after a hearing this week.
View ArticleRI Superior Court Judge Denies Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Invenergy,...
Rhode Island Superior Court will hear a case against Invenergy - the company proposing to build a natural gas power plant in Burrillville - and the Town of Johnston.
View ArticleInvenergy Names Narragansett Tribe As Backup Water Supplier For Power Plant
The Narragansett Indian Tribe will serve as a backup water supplier for a proposed natural gas power plant in Burrillville.
View ArticleInvenergy Requests Resolutions Against Power Plant Be Excluded From Evidence
Invenergy, developer of a proposed natural gas power plant in the Town of Burrillville, filed a motion Tuesday claiming resolutions opposing the project from nearly all Rhode Island cities and towns...
View ArticleInvenergy Power Plant Disqualified For Regional Electricity Auction
Invenergy, the developer of a proposed, controversial natural gas power plant in Burrillville, is now barred from participating in an important regional electricity auction next February, potentially...
View ArticleFuture Of Northeast Marine National Monument Protections Still Uncertain
Protections of a marine national monument made up of underwater mountains and canyons 130 miles off the coast of Cape Cod could be at risk after President Donald Trump significantly scaled back the...
View ArticleInvenergy Ends Water Deal With Narragansett Indian Tribe
Invenergy, a power company that wants to build a natural gas-fired power plant in northwestern Rhode Island, has terminated its water supply agreement with the Narragansett Indian Tribe.
View ArticleOne Square Mile: New Bedford's Scallop Industry Is Thriving, But Is It...
Is the scallop fishery well-managed? Most people, including scallop fishermen, scientists, and environmentalists, had the same answer: yes.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Sue Shell Over Port Of Providence Facility
An environmental advocacy group is suing Shell, the global oil and gas company, over a storage facility at the Port of Providence. They claim Shell is failing to protect it from the threat of climate...
View ArticleRI To Sue Major Oil And Gas Companies Over Climate Change
Rhode Island wants some of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies to pay for the effects of climate change.
View ArticleLocal Environmentalists: Proposed Changes To Fishery Management 'Could...
A local environmental nonprofit is speaking out against proposed changes to federal fishing regulations outlined under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
View ArticleSoil Testing For Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant In Burrillville Angers...
The company proposing to build a natural gas power plant in Burrillville will begin pre-engineering work in early August, but a strong opponent of the project claims the announcement is "an obvious...
View ArticleHead Of NE Environmental Advocacy Group Talks Progress Reducing Carbon Emissions
A New England-based environmental advocacy group says the region is making progress improving air quality, but more work needs to done.
View ArticleBurrillville Power Plant Proposal Encounters Possible Roadblock
The developer of a natural gas power plant proposed for Burrillville may have encountered a roadblock to securing a permit for construction.
View ArticleFinal Hearings For Proposed Burrillville Power Plant Temporarily Postponed
Rhode Island state regulators have hit the pause button on final hearings for a natural gas power plant proposed for Burrillville.
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