Grant Program Increase Efficiency/Renewables

To advance appropriately-sited offshore wind development in the Atlantic Ocean, focusing specifically on designated areas of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts.

To maintain New England’s national leadership in adopting and implementing robust state policies that achieve the full potential of all cost-effective energy efficiency.

To develop a policy roadmap for EnergyVision and articulate a set of policies for key portions of the electricity system.

To demonstrate, evaluate, and replicate community shared solar power generation in Massachusetts as a viable option for helping the state meet its aggressive renewable energy goals.

To promote the framework for “The Utility of the Future” by developing a series of white papers for policymakers, media, consumer advocates, utilities, and others.

To convene and facilitate the public interest communitys work on priority clean energy issues, engage local business leaders, and participate in New Hampshires comprehensive energy planning process.

To increase adoption of high-efficiency wood pellet boilers to advance a renewable energy economy in northern New England, and to promote more comprehensive and effective thermal energy policies at the federal and state levels.

To provide technical assistance to municipal leaders and developers in five to seven cities and towns as they move their microgrid projects from conception to completion, and to recommend supporting policies and provide information to city and state policymakers on…

To: (1) sustain support and funding to capture all cost-effective energy efficiency in target states; (2) advance policies to promote renewable energy; (3) educate policymakers on the need to reform the power grid at the state and regional levels; (4)…

To launch the Stamford 2030 District in coordination with commercial building owners to work together to set targets for reducing energy use and investing in efficiency and clean energy; and to conduct state policy advocacy on key energy issues.