1. Massachusetts Bills Create New Opportunities for Microgrids, Non-Wires Alternatives

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    Massachusetts Bills Create New Opportunities for Microgrids, Non-Wires Alternatives

    Already a promising microgrid market, Massachusetts could get even better should new bills pass that promote non-wires alternatives, grid modernization, energy storage, and green and local energy. The Alliance for Clean Energy Solutions (ACES), a coalition of environmental and industry groups, discussed the bill and its other legislative priorities in an interview Monday, as it prepares for energy hearings at the state capitol this week.

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    1. The appetite for local energy and microgrids continues to grow in Massachusetts because of declining costs for solar, progress on energy efficiency, and the attention the Baker administration has given to energy storage.
    2. We're glad to see utilities entering the energy storage market. Eversource, in their rate case, has a significant $100 million of storage proposed across four projects. But there is a clearly a big market for behind the meter storage as well.
    3. Given the federal government's retrograde energy policies, it's critical that states show a willingness to embrace clean energy solutions.

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