Louis Antonellis

Oct 4, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Travis Kavulla |Vick Mohanka |Louis Antonellis

NERVOUS ABOUT rising prices for offshore wind power, the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are banding together to solicit larger wind farm projects that hopefully will come with lower price tags. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced the three-state partnership at an offshore wind conference in Boston Wednesday morning. Individually, the three states were planning to solicit as much as 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind power in January; now they will solicit bids together.

Oct 2, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Travis Kavulla |Vick Mohanka |Louis Antonellis

WITH NO COMMENT, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities on Monday gave its blessing to an agreement terminating offshore wind contracts between the state's three utilities and SouthCoast Wind.

Sep 16, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Travis Kavulla |Vick Mohanka |Louis Antonellis |Kristen Gowin

THIS PAST YEAR has not been kind to Massachusetts electric ratepayers-at least some of them. For customers who do not shop and choose their own energy provider, the average residential rate hike in National Grid's service area was more than $110 per month this past winter , a 64 percent increase. In , rates spiked 42 percent.

Sep 13, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Louis Antonellis |Kristen Gowin |Vick Mohanka

THIS SUMMER, the Commonwealth and our neighbors across New England have experienced the hottest month on record, historic flooding, and dangerous levels of air pollution. These unprecedented, unnatural disasters have put our communities, homes, and health at risk, especially for those with the least resources to bear the burden of climate change's devastating impacts.

Aug 30, 2023 | commonwealthmagazine.org | Chris Lisinski |Michael Jonas |Louis Antonellis |Kristen Gowin

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEYOU'VE HEARD of the soon-to-launch South Coast Rail HD4555and the long-sought East-West Rail into the western reaches of the state. But how about what we'll call the Cape Connector? A group of lawmakers from Cape Cod and the islands want to make their region the next hub for regular passenger rail service, pitching it as a way to relieve locals from crushing traffic congestion and the greenhouse gas emissions that come with it. Rep. Dylan Fernandes of Falmouth and Rep.