Elisa Wood, Microgrid Knowledge
Summary
Energy insiders see the emergence of new microgrid opportunities in Massachusetts from clean energy legislation passed last week and now awaiting the signature of Gov. Charlie Baker.
An Act to Advance Clean Energy (H.4857) won unanimous Senate support and near-unanimous House support, with only one nay vote.
The legislation opens up prospects for microgrids via several pro-distributed energy initiatives.
“HR 4857 is a positive for microgrids, storage, combined heat and power, and cogenerated district energy,” said Jack Griffin, vice president and general manager of Boston-based SourceOne, an energy consulting arm of Veolia, an international energy, water, and environmental services company.
Griffin noted in particular the bill’s energy storage target, its utility resiliency heat maps, and its potential solicitations for non-wires alternatives (NWAs), which are distributed energy projects undertaken in lieu of traditional utility infrastructure.
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