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Golden: House bill may come in ‘south’ of hydro, wind power requests

BOSTON — The omnibus House energy bill will likely come in below Gov. Charlie Baker's proposal for hydropower procurement and below what the offshore wind industry wants to produce and sell to Massachusetts ratepayers, according to a House chairman working on the bill. After a speech where House Speaker

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Pipeline foes rally for ‘clean power’ support by lawmakers

BOSTON – The fight against natural gas pipelines in Massachusetts hasn't subsided in the wake of Kinder Morgan's suspension of its controversial $3.3 billion Northeast Energy Direct project. More than 150 anti-pipeline demonstrators gathered outside the State House Tuesday to call for an end to other

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Baker administration suggests support for hydropower may help stop pipeline

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker's alternative hydroelectric power bill may take wind out of the sails of proponents for a potential natural gas pipeline across Massachusetts, the governor's Energy Secretary suggested Tuesday. The Baker administration filed the "Act Relative to Energy Sector Compliance with the Global

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Baker, energy exec tangle over hydropower bill

Written by Matt Murphy BOSTON — Hoping to push two energy bills through the Legislature this fall, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday defended his push to encourage the purchase of large-scale hydropower against industry criticism that his bill represented government overreach into the market.