Community Solar – Why Massachusetts Is Ahead of the Curve, and Needs to Stay There

…Acadia Center assessed the grid and societal value of six marginal solar PV systems to better understand the overall value that solar PV provides to the grid (of Massachusetts). By evaluating an array of configurations, this analysis determines that the value of solar to the grid – and ratepayers connected to the grid – ranges from 22-28 cents/kWh, with additional societal values of 6.7 cents/kWh…

The Kinder Morgan Pipeline: Down(Sized) but not out

…The clean energy think tank, Acadia Center, released a three-part report in June concluding that New England is not facing an energy crisis. According to the report, last winter’s wholesale price reductions for natural gas and electricity (which will filter through to consumers in the next six-month billing cycle) occurred because “incremental reforms of the region’s energy markets allowed us to make better use of existing resources, energy efficiency provided significant relief, and the plunge in prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil has recalibrated the economics of the region’s power market…