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We’ll have a statement up from @acadiacenter.bsky.social later today. Initial estimates suggest PA will miss out on ~$20B in revenues over the next 12 years by leaving RGGI. On top of billions more in foregone revenue by not participating in auctions since 2022. Huge misstep and lost opportunities.
I'm still unpacking this all, but it is perhaps even more significant that the PA budget also eliminated $300m that had previously been approved to save transit.
So in the wake of IL success and Dem-wave election PA moves backwards on electricity and transportation, increasing bills and pollution.
So in the wake of IL success and Dem-wave election PA moves backwards on electricity and transportation, increasing bills and pollution.
Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We’ll have a statement up from @acadiacenter.bsky.social later today. Initial estimates suggest PA will miss out on ~$20B in revenues over the next 12 years by leaving RGGI. On top of billions more in foregone revenue by not participating in auctions since 2022. Huge misstep and lost opportunities.
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Here’s our release from @acadiacenter.bsky.social today: acadiacenter.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here’s our release from @acadiacenter.bsky.social today: acadiacenter.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
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@kevinjkircher.com @roselund.bsky.social here’s what an optimized renewable mix looks like for New England in 2050, from @acadiacenter.bsky.social’s analysis last year. See part 1 of our report here:
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Electrification drives major RE buildout needs.
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Electrification drives major RE buildout needs.
October 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@kevinjkircher.com @roselund.bsky.social here’s what an optimized renewable mix looks like for New England in 2050, from @acadiacenter.bsky.social’s analysis last year. See part 1 of our report here:
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Electrification drives major RE buildout needs.
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Electrification drives major RE buildout needs.
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@acadiacenter.bsky.social found that energy efficiency solutions, like heat pumps, are saving New Englanders billions on their utility bills. As the federal government cuts clean energy funding, state efficiency programs are critical in helping lower energy bills. www.utilitydive.com/news/energy-...
Energy efficiency is reducing Northeast peak demand, electricity bills: Acadia
“It is more important than ever for policymakers, advocates, program administrators, and consumers to understand the value ... of energy efficiency resource acquisition,” said Acadia’s Jamie Dickerson...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@acadiacenter.bsky.social found that energy efficiency solutions, like heat pumps, are saving New Englanders billions on their utility bills. As the federal government cuts clean energy funding, state efficiency programs are critical in helping lower energy bills. www.utilitydive.com/news/energy-...
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Rhode Island Energy wants to slash energy efficiency funding to save customers money. But a few dollars in quick bill reductions aren’t worth it in the long term, @acadiacenter.bsky.social finds.
Cuts to Rhode Island energy-efficiency plan bad for residents, study…
Rhode Island has long led on efficiency. A proposal to slash funding may cost the state $90 million in benefits — while saving each household less than $2…
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September 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Rhode Island Energy wants to slash energy efficiency funding to save customers money. But a few dollars in quick bill reductions aren’t worth it in the long term, @acadiacenter.bsky.social finds.
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Rhode Island Energy wants to cut the state’s energy efficiency program to reduce utility bills.
The move would save households less than $2 a month, while risking more than $90 million in benefits, a new @acadiacenter.bsky.social analysis finds.
The move would save households less than $2 a month, while risking more than $90 million in benefits, a new @acadiacenter.bsky.social analysis finds.
Cuts to Rhode Island energy-efficiency plan bad for residents, study…
Rhode Island has long led on efficiency. A proposal to slash funding may cost the state $90 million in benefits — while saving each household less than $2…
www.canarymedia.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Rhode Island Energy wants to cut the state’s energy efficiency program to reduce utility bills.
The move would save households less than $2 a month, while risking more than $90 million in benefits, a new @acadiacenter.bsky.social analysis finds.
The move would save households less than $2 a month, while risking more than $90 million in benefits, a new @acadiacenter.bsky.social analysis finds.
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There's renewed debate in New England about building a new natural gas pipeline.
Some say it would bring down energy bills, other say it may actually raise them.
This is a complicated topic with a lot of nuance. I hope this story helps you understand the issue 🔌💡 www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
Some say it would bring down energy bills, other say it may actually raise them.
This is a complicated topic with a lot of nuance. I hope this story helps you understand the issue 🔌💡 www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
Why a new gas pipeline into New England may (or may not) lower energy bills
After of a winter of exceptionally high natural gas and electricity prices, many New Englanders are asking whether a new natural gas pipeline is the solution.
www.wbur.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
There's renewed debate in New England about building a new natural gas pipeline.
Some say it would bring down energy bills, other say it may actually raise them.
This is a complicated topic with a lot of nuance. I hope this story helps you understand the issue 🔌💡 www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
Some say it would bring down energy bills, other say it may actually raise them.
This is a complicated topic with a lot of nuance. I hope this story helps you understand the issue 🔌💡 www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
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A successful transition will lower bills, provide residents with reliable energy & make their communities healthier. We thank the Senator for his work to advance infrastructure that both furthers MA’s #NetZero goals & boosts our Commonwealth’s economy.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A successful transition will lower bills, provide residents with reliable energy & make their communities healthier. We thank the Senator for his work to advance infrastructure that both furthers MA’s #NetZero goals & boosts our Commonwealth’s economy.
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Emily brought her son to the press conference and it melted my heart 🥹💚
Before moving to Rhode Island 3 years ago, I grew up in a car-free household in LA! My family rode @metrolosangeles.bsky.social all over the region! 🌴 We need to invest in transit for future generations! 🚌
Before moving to Rhode Island 3 years ago, I grew up in a car-free household in LA! My family rode @metrolosangeles.bsky.social all over the region! 🌴 We need to invest in transit for future generations! 🚌
July 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Emily brought her son to the press conference and it melted my heart 🥹💚
Before moving to Rhode Island 3 years ago, I grew up in a car-free household in LA! My family rode @metrolosangeles.bsky.social all over the region! 🌴 We need to invest in transit for future generations! 🚌
Before moving to Rhode Island 3 years ago, I grew up in a car-free household in LA! My family rode @metrolosangeles.bsky.social all over the region! 🌴 We need to invest in transit for future generations! 🚌
Emily Koo at today’s press conference on the devastating proposed service cuts to RIPTA.
“I’m here to remind our state leaders that a robust public transit system is necessary to reach our climate mandates and to mitigate the harm of the climate crisis for generations to come.”
“I’m here to remind our state leaders that a robust public transit system is necessary to reach our climate mandates and to mitigate the harm of the climate crisis for generations to come.”
July 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Emily Koo at today’s press conference on the devastating proposed service cuts to RIPTA.
“I’m here to remind our state leaders that a robust public transit system is necessary to reach our climate mandates and to mitigate the harm of the climate crisis for generations to come.”
“I’m here to remind our state leaders that a robust public transit system is necessary to reach our climate mandates and to mitigate the harm of the climate crisis for generations to come.”
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“Unless further thwarted by counterproductive federal proposals, the northeast will see an increasingly diversified clean energy portfolio... minimizing the reliance on aging, inefficient fossil fuel power plants to serve peak demand.” @acadiacenter.bsky.social
Renewables Helped Prevent Blackouts on New England's Hottest Day This Summer - EcoWatch
Renewable energy sources such as solar helped keep power on in New England during peak demand on the hottest day this summer.
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July 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“Unless further thwarted by counterproductive federal proposals, the northeast will see an increasingly diversified clean energy portfolio... minimizing the reliance on aging, inefficient fossil fuel power plants to serve peak demand.” @acadiacenter.bsky.social
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🧵 Life comes at you fast…
Here, from @iso-ne.com’s Final 2025 Photovoltaic (PV) Forecast, is the ISO’s forecast of coincident “50-50” summer peak load reductions due to Behind-The-Meter solar.
Last week’s 100° F peak demand reduction exceeded all the 50-50…
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Here, from @iso-ne.com’s Final 2025 Photovoltaic (PV) Forecast, is the ISO’s forecast of coincident “50-50” summer peak load reductions due to Behind-The-Meter solar.
Last week’s 100° F peak demand reduction exceeded all the 50-50…
www.iso-ne.com/static-asset...
July 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🧵 Life comes at you fast…
Here, from @iso-ne.com’s Final 2025 Photovoltaic (PV) Forecast, is the ISO’s forecast of coincident “50-50” summer peak load reductions due to Behind-The-Meter solar.
Last week’s 100° F peak demand reduction exceeded all the 50-50…
www.iso-ne.com/static-asset...
Here, from @iso-ne.com’s Final 2025 Photovoltaic (PV) Forecast, is the ISO’s forecast of coincident “50-50” summer peak load reductions due to Behind-The-Meter solar.
Last week’s 100° F peak demand reduction exceeded all the 50-50…
www.iso-ne.com/static-asset...
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1/2 Informative, incisive, comprehensive Grid Action Report from—full disclosure—my employer @acadiacenter.bsky.social regarding 6/24/25’s 100° F peak demand event.
The hero of the day? Behind-the-meter (BTM) solar: it …
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The hero of the day? Behind-the-meter (BTM) solar: it …
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July 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
1/2 Informative, incisive, comprehensive Grid Action Report from—full disclosure—my employer @acadiacenter.bsky.social regarding 6/24/25’s 100° F peak demand event.
The hero of the day? Behind-the-meter (BTM) solar: it …
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The hero of the day? Behind-the-meter (BTM) solar: it …
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"As energy costs rise, Rhode Islanders deserve to have confidence that every dollar spent on the energy system is to our benefit. The good news is, there are proposed laws that can help." - Emily Koo in her Boston Globe Op-Ed co-written with Jamie Rhodes of Conservation Law Foundation
Cutting energy efficiency and renewables is not the answer to R.I.’s rising energy costs - Acadia Center
Rhode Islanders felt the sting of high energy costs this winter as colder-than-usual temperatures drove up utility bills. This surge in costs has brought the energy affordability crisis front and cent...
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June 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"As energy costs rise, Rhode Islanders deserve to have confidence that every dollar spent on the energy system is to our benefit. The good news is, there are proposed laws that can help." - Emily Koo in her Boston Globe Op-Ed co-written with Jamie Rhodes of Conservation Law Foundation
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Miss last week’s @acadiacenter.bsky.social webinar? No worries! You can now watch it at your leisure! 📺 🍿
Topics: the future of New England’s electric grid, how the transition underway will impact communities, and the role communities can play in shaping the future grid.
youtu.be/zta5GkWc77A?...
Topics: the future of New England’s electric grid, how the transition underway will impact communities, and the role communities can play in shaping the future grid.
youtu.be/zta5GkWc77A?...
The Future Grid and What's at Stake for Communities
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June 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Miss last week’s @acadiacenter.bsky.social webinar? No worries! You can now watch it at your leisure! 📺 🍿
Topics: the future of New England’s electric grid, how the transition underway will impact communities, and the role communities can play in shaping the future grid.
youtu.be/zta5GkWc77A?...
Topics: the future of New England’s electric grid, how the transition underway will impact communities, and the role communities can play in shaping the future grid.
youtu.be/zta5GkWc77A?...
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You want to know about the future of the grid in New England, how the systemic changes the future will bring will impact communities, and the role that communities can play in shaping that future, right?
Good news! @acadiacenter.bsky.social has you covered!
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Good news! @acadiacenter.bsky.social has you covered!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Future Grid and What's at Stake for Communities—An Introduction to the Communities and Clean Grid Program. After registering, you will receive a confirm...
Over the next twenty-five years, the capacity of New England's electric grid will need to double to accommodate the region's future demand for electricity. It has been estimated that it will cost betw...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
You want to know about the future of the grid in New England, how the systemic changes the future will bring will impact communities, and the role that communities can play in shaping that future, right?
Good news! @acadiacenter.bsky.social has you covered!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Good news! @acadiacenter.bsky.social has you covered!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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💡 Why are your energy bills so high? It’s not energy efficiency programs like Mass Save — it’s fossil fuel volatility and outdated utility incentives.
In a powerful op-ed, @kylemurray.bsky.social of @acadiacenter.bsky.social breaks down what really drove up costs for New England this past winter.
In a powerful op-ed, @kylemurray.bsky.social of @acadiacenter.bsky.social breaks down what really drove up costs for New England this past winter.
Why is your energy bill so high? Blame natural gas volatility and utility profits
The cost of natural gas infrastructure, generous utility profits, and the region’s continued fossil fuel investments left us ill-equipped to deal with an exceptionally cold winter.
www.commonwealthbeacon.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
💡 Why are your energy bills so high? It’s not energy efficiency programs like Mass Save — it’s fossil fuel volatility and outdated utility incentives.
In a powerful op-ed, @kylemurray.bsky.social of @acadiacenter.bsky.social breaks down what really drove up costs for New England this past winter.
In a powerful op-ed, @kylemurray.bsky.social of @acadiacenter.bsky.social breaks down what really drove up costs for New England this past winter.
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Important piece about what is *really* driving up the cost of electricity in Mass. @acadiacenter.bsky.social #mapoli
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...
Why is your energy bill so high? Blame natural gas volatility and utility profits
The cost of natural gas infrastructure, generous utility profits, and the region’s continued fossil fuel investments left us ill-equipped to deal with an exceptionally cold winter.
commonwealthbeacon.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Important piece about what is *really* driving up the cost of electricity in Mass. @acadiacenter.bsky.social #mapoli
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...
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Last week, Acadia Center team members Joy Yakie and Paola Moncada Tamayo attended the 2025 New Horizons in Conservation Conference at Yale, hosted by the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative.
May 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Last week, Acadia Center team members Joy Yakie and Paola Moncada Tamayo attended the 2025 New Horizons in Conservation Conference at Yale, hosted by the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative.
Acadia Center's Joy Yakie, Kyle Murray and Kristen Kaneb enjoying last night's Earth Night with the Environmental League of Massachusetts
May 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Acadia Center's Joy Yakie, Kyle Murray and Kristen Kaneb enjoying last night's Earth Night with the Environmental League of Massachusetts
Acadia Center's Kyle Murray helps break down what's really going on with your utility bills with Boston 25 News: www.boston25news.com/news/local/w...
What’s that charge for? We’re breaking down your utility bills
Do you ever look at those bills and wonder what all those charges are?
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April 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Acadia Center's Kyle Murray helps break down what's really going on with your utility bills with Boston 25 News: www.boston25news.com/news/local/w...
Since 1970, Earth Day has united people to protect our planet. Bipartisan efforts, from Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy to the EPA’s creation, have safeguarded clean air, water, and public lands. Today, most Americans support renewable energy and climate action,...
April 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Since 1970, Earth Day has united people to protect our planet. Bipartisan efforts, from Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy to the EPA’s creation, have safeguarded clean air, water, and public lands. Today, most Americans support renewable energy and climate action,...
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Join us on May 8th for an exciting event on the environment! @nfrpp.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Join us on May 8th for an exciting event on the environment! @nfrpp.org
In Rhode Island yesterday, it was fantastic to lobby in solidarity with climate and housing advocates in support of critical public transit services. #SaveRIPTA
April 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In Rhode Island yesterday, it was fantastic to lobby in solidarity with climate and housing advocates in support of critical public transit services. #SaveRIPTA