The MA DPU is slow to approve electric power ‘community aggregation’ plans. How come? Plus we talk about micro-grids, community design and an undersea cable ‘backbone’ to connect the multiple proposed wind turbine farms off the East Coast.

The reading list:

• microgrid - Merriam Webster added the word in September
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/10/merriam-webster-we-added-370-new-words.html
• municipal aggregation,
• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/16/science/these-communities-want-lower-residents-electric-bills-carbon-emissions-heres-whats-stopping-them/
• offshore cable system, rather than extending electric grid above ground
• https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/10/18/offshore-wind-transmission-lines-grid
• microgrids, Mother Jones article
• https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/10/tool-surviving-extreme-weather-mircogrids-distributed-power-batteries/
• Eversource/Framingham pilot construction updates https://www.eversource.com/content/ema-c/residential/about/transmission-distribution/projects/massachusetts-projects/geothermal-pilot-project
• See the page that collects the “Making Sense of Climate” episodes -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/02/making-sense-of-climate-collection.html

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre