<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>Begin forwarded message:<br><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="color:#000000"><b>From: </b></span><span>NY Solar Energy Society <<a href="mailto:wyldon1@gmail.com" target="_blank">wyldon1@gmail.com</a>></span><br><span style="color:#000000"><b>Date: </b></span><span>October 01, 2018 8:26:04 PM</span><br><span style="color:#000000"><b>To: </b></span><span><a href="mailto:kiku.loomis@me.com" target="_blank">kiku.loomis@me.com</a></span><br><span style="color:#000000"><b>Subject: </b></span><span><b>Monthly Digest - September 2018</b></span><br><br><div class="m_-6430806125969069221msg-quote" style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;background-color:#fafafa"><center><table id="m_-6430806125969069221bodyTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;background-color:#fafafa" class="m_-6430806125969069221mce-item-table" width="100%" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-6430806125969069221bodyCell" style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:10px;width:100%;border-top:0" valign="top" align="center"><table class="m_-6430806125969069221templateContainer m_-6430806125969069221mce-item-table" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0;max-width:600px!important" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-6430806125969069221templatePreheader" style="background:#fafafa none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#fafafa;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-6430806125969069221templateHeader" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:0" valign="top"><table class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextBlock m_-6430806125969069221mce-item-table" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px" valign="top"><table style="max-width:390px;border-collapse:collapse" class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextContentContainer m_-6430806125969069221mce-item-table" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextContent" style="padding:0px 18px 9px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:125%;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;color:#202020" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="max-width:210px;border-collapse:collapse" class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextContentContainer m_-6430806125969069221mce-item-table" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextContent" style="padding:0px 18px 9px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:125%;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;color:#202020" valign="top"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/200bd7f5ac49/monthly-digest-september-2018?e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">View this email in your browser</a><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnImageBlock m_-6430806125969069221mce-item-table" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding:9px" class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnImageBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnImageContentContainer m_-6430806125969069221mce-item-table" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnImageContent" style="text-align:center;padding:0 9px 0 9px" valign="top"><img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67/images/7cbd3428-2391-44d7-b02f-24073abd750e.jpg" style="max-width:300px;padding-bottom:0;display:inline!important;vertical-align:bottom;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none" class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnImage" width="300" align="middle"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-6430806125969069221templateBody" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:2px solid #eaeaea;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:9px" valign="top"><table class="m_-6430806125969069221mcnTextBlock m_-64308061259690692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k">Duke Energy Corp.</a>’s system went down initially.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/21/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=a1a5a360ea&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Duke Energy shut down a power plant in Wilmington, N.C.</b><br> On Friday, 9/21, after a dam on a lake at the site breached, hazardous coal ash spilled into the nearby Cape Fear River, the company said.  The Cape Fear River supplies drinking water to much of the southeastern part of the state. It was not immediately clear how much ash was moving into the river. The extent of the release will depend on how quickly the breach can be stopped.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/21//2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=a930640353&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Report: Florence floodwaters breach dam near retired Duke plant, potentially leaking coal ash </b><br> Duke had issued a <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=8733398aa0&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">high level emergency alert on 9/20</a> due to flooding in Sutton Lake, which compounded the <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=663171a29e&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">spill of more than 2,000 cubic yards of coal ash</a> from the Sutton plant from earlier in the week. <br> Storing coal ash near waterways poses liability risks for utilities and pollution risks for the surrounding communities. Toxic coal ash waste contains heavy metals, such as arsenic and mercury, and has been <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=6f7d837477&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">linked to certain types of cancer</a>.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/21/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=9ed04dad26&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com/</a></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>Florence Floodwaters Breach Coal Ash Pond and Imperil Other Toxic Sites</b><br> Surging floodwaters from hurricane Florence have swept away part of a retaining wall holding back a pond of coal ash – which contains mercury, arsenic and other toxic substances – and have also overrun several lagoons of pig waste in North Carolina. The mishaps amplified concerns about an array of danger zones including Superfund sites, chemical plants and the region’s industrial hog farms.<br> Multiple disposal facilities have flooded and several breached, with toxic substances flowing into the open environment.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/17/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=e6959b4f6d&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Trump Congratulates Himself (Again) on Puerto Rico Disaster Response</b><br> Trump said that one of his administration's "best jobs" was the response to the hurricanes in Puerto Rico last year, storms that officials estimate led to the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. Electricity was restored to all customers 11 months after the hurricane Maria devastated the island. He added. "I think that Puerto Rico was an incredible, unsung success." </span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/11/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=d956e453ad&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://thehill.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"><a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=a5148a43b6&e=12bbbfd083" title="www.washingtonpost.com" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">A Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll</a> Puerto Ricans are widely dissatisfied with local and federal government for their utter failure to respond to their needs. The most intense ire was aimed at Mr. Trump: Eight of 10 residents gave him negative reviews, including roughly half who gave him the lowest grade of “poor.”<br> Eighty-three percent of the Island residents reported either major damage to their homes, loss of power for more than three months, employment setbacks or worsening health problems. To this day, complaints persist of unreliable power, damaged roads and suspect water</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/12/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=5ffa33ea4f&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com</a></span><br></div><div><div style="text-align:justify">  </div><h3 style="text-align:justify;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:normal"><b><span style="font-size:17px">Solar</span></b><span style="font-size:16px"><b><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67/images/5becd4d2-428b-43c3-86d7-de12fd135507.jpg" style="width:166px;height:152px;margin:5px;float:right;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none" width="166" height="152"></b></span></h3><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Five Texas munis partner to add 500 MW of solar</b><br> Five utilities in Texas have teamed up to create the purchasing power necessary to fund their commitment to renewable generation, with a focus on solar.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/20/2018  <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=63af98a3c5&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://pv-magazine-usa.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Tariffs Have Clearly ‘Dampened’ U.S. Solar Market, According to Q2 Results</b><br> For a second consecutive quarter, the residential PV sector was essentially flat on both a year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter basis after a year in which the market contracted 15%. On the other hand, non-residential PV fell 16% quarter-over-quarter and 8% year-over-year.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/13/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=a8fcbcf588&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://solarindustrymag.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Solar Broke Records All Over Europe This Summer</b></span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/13/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=5fb8f2a6a4&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.greentechmedia.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Valley Authority's Attack on Solar Energy in South</b><br> Five climate and energy-conservation groups today <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=dde8624233&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">sued</a> the Tennessee Valley Authority for imposing discriminatory electricity rates that discourage homeowners and businesses from investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency.<br> Thelawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Alabama, notes that the utility’s new fixed “grid-access charge” will, for the first time, require its customers to pay a mandatory electricity fee regardless of their energy usage. Such fixed fees make rooftop solar less cost-effective.<br> The utility is also reducing electricity rates for large businesses. This move encourages companies to continue relying on its fossil fuel-powered energy rather than investing in distributed solar. The new rates also cut costs for the biggest energy users, discouraging efficiency.<br> The utility’s board of directors, with a majority appointed by President Trump, has now given final approval to all of these rate changes.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/6/2018  <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=ed1565af92&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Solar for Peace</b><br> U.S.-based start-up, Energy Peace Partners is currently implementing a program to help humanitarian missions across the world transition from diesel dependence to a safer and cheaper source of electricity: solar energy.<br> The scheme, dubbed Peace Renewable Energy Credit (PREC), is intended to help existing international humanitarian and peace operations utilize solar and renewable energy power generators, thus making them independent from local fuel supply chains, which are often tied up in the conflict.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/5/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=cc5bdc96fd&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.pv-magazine.com</a> </span><br>  </div><h3 style="text-align:justify;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:normal"><b><span style="font-size:17px">Environment</span></b></h3><h3 class="m_-6430806125969069221Headline__headline--32KDc" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:17px">Trump administration assumes world will warm by devastating amount</span></b></h3><span style="font-size:16px">In calculating the <a class="m_-6430806125969069221StoryBody__link--10w8x" href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=58b5e571dd&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">potential environmental impacts</a> of freezing federal fuel economy standards in <img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67/_compresseds/c5282e76-cdfd-49d3-b090-616e3fe2e59e.jpg" style="border:0px none;width:400px;height:306px;margin:5px;float:left;outline:none;text-decoration:none" width="400" height="306">2020, the Trump administration made the assumption that the world will warm by about 4°C, or 7.2°F, by 2100, when compared to preindustrial levels. This would  far exceed the amount that scientists say would result in potentially catastrophic impacts, including the partial to complete collapse of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. It also would be double the amount of warming that world leaders set as their target in the Paris Climate Agreement, which the Trump administration intends to pull out of.  The document states that the impacts of nearly 7°F of global warming would be severe, including "increases in mortality and morbidity due to excessive heat and other extreme weather events" and the swamping of cities due to sea level rise.  <b>And what is the current Washington administration going to do about the unsustainable rise in the Earth's temperature? <span style="color:#ff0000">Nothing!</span></b> <b>To the contrary</b>, they continue to take and to propose action exacerbating the situation!</span><br> 9/28/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=87313a8c4a&e=12bbbfd083" title="https://www.axios.com" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com</a><br> 10/1/2018<span style="font-size:16px"> </span><a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=4d6121645c&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/</a><br> <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>Carbon Neutrality Coalition Established</b></span><div style="text-align:justify"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67/images/316389e3-fa76-47f9-b73b-ad68a65f333c.jpg" style="border:0px;width:150px;height:84px;margin:5px;outline:none;text-decoration:none" width="150" height="84" align="left"> <span style="font-size:16px">A group of 19 countries (including the most recent members of the group -- Canada, Denmark, Spain and the United Kingdom), officially launched the Carbon Neutrality Coalition (CNC) in New York September 27, just weeks before the European Commission is expected to publish a document outlining policy scenarios to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.<br> The group – Canada, Denmark, Spain and the United Kingdom – joined the initial 15 members, meaning Europe is strongly represented, with 12 of 19 members.<br> “Today, we announce we will develop long-term low-greenhouse gases emission climate resilient development strategies, in line with the agreed long-term temperature increase limit. We will do so well ahead of 2020, and if possible by 2018,” reads the declaration of the Carbon Neutrality Coalition.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/27/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=1ab80ee865&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.euractiv.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>EPA denies Delaware, Maryland petitions on cross-state coal plant pollution </b><br> EPA said the two states did not prove that out-of-state coal plants will emit pollutants at a level that violates the "good neighbor" policy of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Delaware submitted four petitions charging that plants in Pennsylvania and West Virginia violated the policy. Maryland's petition named 36 electric generating units (EGUs) in five states that it believed were in violation. Maryland's Attorney General said he would appeal the decision in court.<br> 9/19/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c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” that “strengthen the case that GHGs endanger public health and welfare both for current and future generations.”</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/4/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=a32b3bd175&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/</a></span><br>  </div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px"> <b>Goal Set by Influential Actors: Cut US Transportation Energy Use 50% by 2050</b></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">A diverse group of transportation stakeholders launched a new campaign pressing for significant advances in efficiency and vehicular systems, with a goal of <u><a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=bd45cfde10&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">slashing transportation energy consumption 50% by 2050</a></u>, while simultaneously improving mobility. <br> Recommendations include improving efficiency for all vehicle types, accelerating inefficient vehicle turnover and incentivizing the rollout of charging infrastructure, all while ensuring the new transportation economy equitably benefits all groups.<br> Vehicle efficiency is not typically a controversial area, but in August the Trump administration proposed <u><a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=1a30420194&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">freezing automobile emission standards at 2020 levels</a></u>, as well as pulling California's authority to set its own standards. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding three public hearings this week on the proposed freeze. </span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/26/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=4247d30d4a&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>DOE Funding the Development of Energy Storage Technologies</b><br> The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide  $148 million to  fund two separate initiatives aimed at advancing research into energy storage technologies:</span></div><ul><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">$28 million for Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program which will fund 10 projects that aim to increase the duration of energy storage systems up to 100 hours.</span></li><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">$120 million for the Joint Center for Energy Story Research (JCESR) program that does research and development on new battery materials.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px">9/19/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=7b4f9b2906&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br>  <b>RES Americas cancels 600 MW wind project in Indiana </b><br> The wind project became a center of controversy in Cass and Miami counties where the project was sited and where some landowners were looking forward to tax revenues and lease payments from the wind farm.<br> Other residents of the counties opposed the project for the effect it would have on their property even if they were not hosting a wind turbine.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/20/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=1359943151&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Delaware Governor signs bill creating new energy efficiency program</b></span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/5/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=51c198d648&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.delawarebusinesstimes.com</a></span><br></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"> </div><hr><div style="text-align:justify"><span><span><span style="line-height:1.6em">  </span></span></span><br>  </div><div style="text-align:justify"><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="color:#008080"><span><span><span style="line-height:1.6em"><b>NEW YORK </b></span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>NYC Pension Funds Will Increase Their Investment in Clean Energy</b><br> City pension funds have announced a new goal to double the funds’ investments in climate change solutions to $4 billion, or 2% of the city’s $195 billion pension portfolio, over the next three years.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/13/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=078171711d&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://solarindustrymag.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br>  <br> <b>Two initiatives in support of clean energy workforce development </b><br> Totaling $15 million, they will provide funding for programs to state universities for training, apprenticeships, internships, and educational programs and support through industry partnerships across the state. These initiatives are part of Climate Jobs NY, a component of the Clean Climate Careers initiative.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/4/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=a2adbf9b98&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://solarindustrymag.com/</a></span><br></div></div> <div style="text-align:justify"> </div><hr><div style="text-align:justify"> </div><div style="text-align:justify"><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="color:#008080"><span><span><span style="line-height:1.6em"><b>NORTHEAST</b></span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>FERC Urged to Rescind its Closed Door Policy </b><br> Six New England senators urged <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=c8cf7cace7&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">FERC</a> to end the New England Power Pool’s ban on public and press attendance at stakeholder meetings. “Consumers deserve to be aware of the important decisions that are made that affect their household energy bills and the environment. Such decisions should be transparent and subject to public scrutiny.” the senators said. The letter to FERC was signed by joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/25/2018 <a style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">ttps://www.rtoinsider.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Outage at Exelon's Mystic plant drove tight ISO-NE Labor Day conditions </b></span></div><ul><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">The 1,700 MW natural gas plant, located near Boston, tripped offline during the afternoon of Sept. 3 due to a fault in a power line connecting it to the grid,</span></li><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">ISO-NE , purchasing power from neighboring regions and calling for voluntary conservation as real-time prices topped $2600/MWh.</span></li><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">ISO-NE said at the time that errors in its load forecast and unplanned outages caused the situation.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px">9/29/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=1ec1eda676&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com/</a></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:17px"><b>Connecticut</b></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>Utilities prepare for recovery from successful cyber intrusions </b></span></div><ul><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">While there were no successful intrusions in the past year, officials say there were millions of attempts, with issues consuming more and more time and effort to combat. The analysis also cites "significant improvements and areas of progress" and concluded there were "no known cyber breaches" despite millions of attempts in the last year.</span></li><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16px">Protecting critical infrastructure from intruders has become a major challenge and priority in recent years, and has risen the ranks of utility concerns. This summer the Department of Energy announced from outages caused by cyberattacks</span>.</li></ul><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px">9/20/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=5c60e5cc33&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com/</a></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:17px"><b>Maine</b></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>Secretive wind energy commission appears near collapse</b><br> <img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67/images/0c0848d0-cd2f-465f-8683-aea57e726494.png" style="margin:5px;float:left;border:0;height:auto!important;outline:none;text-decoration:none" width="114" height="114">The governor’ wind energy commission has been surrounded by controversy – and secrecy – ever since its inception in January. And multiple resignations indicate that, at least to date, the commission has existed only on paper.<br> Last January, the governor announced a moratorium on new wind energy projects in western and coastal Maine, prompting a lawsuit from the industry and a conservation group. The announcement came days before Massachusetts regulators were expected to unveil the initial winners of a bidding competition to supply huge amounts of renewable energy to that state.  According to the governor, the advisory commission was created to develop the right policies that balance tourism, the needs of the communities, the environment and development”. The governor exempted the commission from Maine’s public meetings and public records laws, <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=4df91ce230&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">exploiting a rarely used loophole</a> in state law initially created to shield some sensitive discussions from public disclosure. And his administration has <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=f4d0c58bc7&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">refused to even release the membership list</a> of the commission</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/25/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=d485808500&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.pressherald.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> </span><br> <span style="font-size:17px"><b>Massachusetts</b></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:16px">Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=bfa46185a7&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">issued</a> an order approving compensation for owners of new solar projects under the commonwealth’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program. The SMART program promotes solar development in the commonwealth through an incentive paid directly by the utility company to the solar generation owner. It also will be the first in the nation to offer incentives to solar projects that are paired with storage to capture the benefits of solar regardless of time of day or weather conditions. <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=73467e4c70&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The program</a> is expected to save ratepayers an estimated $4.7 billion over current programs, according to the DPU.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/26/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=ee3d8e9837&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://solarindustrymag.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Court Rules:  State Limist CO2 Emissions from Power Plants Legal</b><br> Massachusetts' highest court resoundingly upheld the state's power to impose limits on carbon emissions from power plants.<br> It's the latest example of states establishing their authority to fill the regulatory void the Trump administration is creating as it moves to roll back the Clean Power Plan and other federal climate regulations.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/6/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=aa9e49f12b&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://insideclimatenews.org</a></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:17px"><b>New Jersey</b></span><br>  <br> <b><span style="font-size:16px">The Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition has <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=45d8ce297d&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">welcomed</a> Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J.,<img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67/images/16fa0bb8-037d-4416-a958-ba99312578b6.png" style="border:0px;width:200px;height:150px;margin:5px;outline:none;text-decoration:none" width="200" height="150" align="left"> as its newest member.</span></b><br> <span style="font-size:16px">The bipartisan group of governors aims to further develop the U.S.’ wind and solar resources. The other governors are from Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia and Washington.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/13/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=452e5d9cb6&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://solarindustrymag.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Capped New Jersey Landfill to Become Solar Project</b><br> Following a public request for proposals, the Borough of Hopatcong entered into a long-term lease agreement with ACCP NJ Solar LLC, a joint venture co-owned by AC Power and Citrine Power, to design, permit, interconnect and build a solar installation on the landfill.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/13/2018 <a style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">ttps://solarindustrymag.com/</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> <br> <b>Community Solar Kick Start</b><br> The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=ac3b3d4d4f&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">approved</a> rule will that enable electric utility customers to remotely participate in solar energy projects while receiving a credit on their utility bills proportional to the size of their participation. The pilot program will also create an opportunity for access to solar for households that have been previously excluded due to an abundance of shading, unsuitable roofing conditions or financial reasons. </span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/06/18 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=cf7e50c5ab&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://solarindustrymag.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> </span><br> <span style="font-size:17px"><b>New Hampshire</b></span><br>  <br> O<span style="font-size:16px">n Sept. 13, the New Hampshire House and Senate will attempt to override two renewable energy bills Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed in June.<br> The net metering and biomass bills appear to have broad citizen support aligned with a large bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, which will be needed for the difficult-to-achieve two-thirds majority threshold required for an override.<br> The first bill, SB 446, which would allow municipalities, schools and businesses to increase solar or hydro electric generation projects from 1 megawatt to 5 megawatts, seems like a no-brainer to us and has the support locally of the mayors of Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester and Somersworth, cities which all have large solar projects either in operation or on the drawing boards.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/9/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=559161d424&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.fosters.com/news/</a></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:17px"><b>Rhode Island</b></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>More Renewable Energy </b><br> Rhode Island continues to push for more renewable energy. The latest is a call for 400 megawatts of power from new energy projects developed in and outside Rhode Island.<br> The eligible projects include solar, offshore and onshore wind, small hydro, biomass, fuel cells, geothermal, and ocean-tidal and current-powered projects. All energy proposals must be 20 megawatts or greater. Hydro projects 30 megawatts and larger, including Canadian hydro, aren’t eligible.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/18/2018 <a href="https://nyses.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72c2dba466a2493a7f232aa67&id=1d6d4a2e9d&e=12bbbfd083" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.ecori.org</a></span><br> <span style="font-size:16px"> </span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:17px"><b>Vermont</b></span><br>  <br> <span style="font-size:16px"><b>Attorney General Challenges Federal Exemptions of Mercury Products</b><br>  Mercury exposures at high levels can harm the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs and immune systems of people of all ages, and mercury in the bloodstream of developing babies and young children may harm their nervous systems and ability to think and learn.Ingestion of mercury by animals, causes reduced reproduction, slower growth and development, abnormal behavior, and death.<br> The “final” Mercury Rule promulgated by the EPA earlier this year will exempt from reporting information on the amount and use of mercury in any product that contains the element as a component of a larger product, e.g.,  mercury battery in a watch or toy, or a mercury switch or relay in a lamp or pump.</span><br> <span style="font-size:14px">9/19/2017 <b>Green Energy Times</b></span><br>  </div></div><h1 class="m_-64308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