When interviewing to work for Eversource Energy in 2020, Nikki L. Bruno was asked if she had experience in the geothermal field. Bruno said no, but offered that she’d taken geology classes and could learn.
The first completed utility-scale offshore wind energy project in the state, and the U.S., provides clean power to Long Island through a local grid link.
The utility-scale projects—the 800-MW, estimated $3-billion Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts and the 132-MW, estimated $637-million South Fork project off New York—could begin to generate power this year, their developers say.
Fabio Pires, 31, an electrical engineer and union operating mechanic died last year after sustaining severe burns, but the Massachusetts firm disputes agency conclusions in proposing total of five serious and willful violations against it.
Massachusetts’ two largest utilities, Eversource and National Grid, have mothballed their $3.2-billion Access Northeast natural-gas pipeline project, citing lack of regional support.
There is a battle underway beneath Boston Harbor. On one side is Harbor Electric Energy Co., a subsidiary of New England utility NStar (now known as Eversource Energy), and on the other side is the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.