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Energy & Utilities

  • Off-shore wind developers make pitches for state contracts

    State House News Service December 22, 2017

    Vying for a long-term contract for the first Massachusetts offshore wind farm, energy companies made their pitches to state officials Wednesday.

    State House News Service December 22, 2017
  • AG Healey appeals Eversource $220M rate hike

    Zachary Comeau December 21, 2017

    Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday appealed the Department of Public Utilities' decision to approve Eversource's electric rate increase, specifically targeting the 10-percent shareholder return.

    Zachary Comeau December 21, 2017
  • Clean energy sector adds more jobs

    State House News Service December 21, 2017

    The clean energy industry added over 4,000 new jobs in the past year, easily outpacing overall employment growth in Massachusetts, according to a new report.

    State House News Service December 21, 2017
  • Electrical work on I-90 in Central Mass. nearly complete

    Zachary Comeau December 20, 2017

    A local electrical contractor has reached substantial completion of a lighting project at toll plazas along a large stretch of the Mass Pike through Central Massachusetts.

    Zachary Comeau December 20, 2017
  • Hudson firm tapped for Mississippi wastewater project

    Zachary Comeau December 19, 2017

    Hudson engineering firm Heartland Water Technology announced Tuesday it has been chosen to install a cogeneration system in large Mississippi wastewater treatment plant.

    Zachary Comeau December 19, 2017
  • Eight Central Mass. locations to split $5.7M in energy-storage funds

    December 7, 2017

    The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has provided grants to eight energy-storage facilities in Central Massachusetts as part of a broader initiative.

    December 7, 2017
  • Rutland solar firm completes $100M in projects

    December 6, 2017

    Rutland solar project developer Zero-Point Development and a New Jersey energy services firm have completed the construction of 31 megawatts of solar energy projects across Central and Southeast Massachusetts.

    December 6, 2017
  • Eversource's $1.7B purchase of Aquarion complete

    Patricia Daddona December 5, 2017

    Electric utility Eversource has completed its $1.7 billion acquisition of Bridgeport's Aquarion Water Co. -- the only U.S.-based electric utility to also own a water utility.

    Patricia Daddona December 5, 2017
  • Cape Wind gives up on wind farm project

    State House News Service December 4, 2017

    Cape Wind is ceasing development of its wind farm and giving up its federal lease, according to the Cape Cod Times.

    State House News Service December 4, 2017
  • Grafton farm, solar firm to research crop-friendly solar

    Zachary Comeau December 1, 2017

    Knowlton Farms in Grafton and Boston solar energy firm BlueWave Solar are using a $100,000 grant to collaborate on an agricultural solar canopy to evaluate plant and crop growth under various solar tools and operating conditions.

    Zachary Comeau December 1, 2017
  • Solect Energy launches energy-storage division

    Grant Welker November 28, 2017

    Solect Energy, a Hopkinton developer of solar-energy systems, is launching an energy storage division, it announced Tuesday.

    Grant Welker November 28, 2017
  • Ameresco chosen for DEA solar in Texas

    Zachary Comeau November 28, 2017

    Framingham solar energy firm Ameresco will build a 2.47-megawatt solar energy system at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso, Texas, base, the agency's first renewable energy system.

    Zachary Comeau November 28, 2017
  • Electric car-charging station opens at Framingham Pike plaza

    November 27, 2017

    A charging station for electric vehicles has opened at the Framingham service plaza off the Massachusetts Turnpike westbound.

    November 27, 2017
  • Minimum wage, sales tax campaigns confident

    State House News Service November 22, 2017

    Proponents of a major sales tax cut and supporters of a $15 minimum wage and a paid family and medical leave proposal say they've gathered more than enough signatures to advance their proposals.

    State House News Service November 22, 2017
  • Petersham looks to market 118-year-old inn

    Zachary Comeau November 13, 2017

    Petersham town officials are again looking to take the burden of the 30,000-square foot, 118-year-old Nichewaug Inn and Academy property off its books.

    Zachary Comeau November 13, 2017
  • Little Leaf grows lettuce year-round without human hands

    Grant Welker November 13, 2017

    The farm of the future is in a nondescript greenhouse down a wooded residential road next to a site where the military once trained for the Vietnam War.

    Grant Welker November 13, 2017

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Do you approve or disapprove of the way Eric Batista has led the City of Worcester in the past year?
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On June 24, the Worcester City Council returned a largely positive appraisal of City Manager Eric Batista during his annual review. Councillors praised Batista for his fiscal management of the City and acknowledged his efforts to provide more shelter for unhoused individuals.

Still, members raised concerns over Batista’s handling of a U.S. Department of Justice report that found the Worcester Police Department used excessive force and his response to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident on Eureka Street on May 8. 

In Worcester's form of city government, the appointed city manager is essentially the CEO of the City of Worcester while the elected mayor and city council are part time and help set policy.