Continued installations of consumer-sited solar power have poised New England for a new record number of "duck curve" days, or periods when wholesale demand for grid electricity is lower during the middle of the day than during the night. The shift has consequences for the rest of the grid, including on the portfolio of other generating resources needed to meet demand, relate...

Federal regulators have issued a stop-work order to the developer of an offshore wind project under construction off Rhode Island and Connecticut, to allow the agency to address concerns about national security and interference with reasonable uses of the ocean over the U.S. outer continental shelf. The developer says it is "evaluating all options to resolve the matter expedi...