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Energy & Utilities

  • Gas pipeline cancellation leaves ghost of cost concerns

    Sam Bonacci June 6, 2016

    The controversial Kinder Morgan pipeline that was supposed to give Massachusetts relief from a constrained natural gas supply has been cancelled but concerns about energy constraints remain.

    Sam Bonacci June 6, 2016
  • Protonex receives $5.8M U.S. military order

    Sam Bonacci June 3, 2016

    Protonex, the Southborough-based subsidiary of Ballard Power Systems, has received its largest order to date to supply U.S. Special Operations Command with a power system to recharge important electronic devices.

    Sam Bonacci June 3, 2016
  • Energy bill prospects murky

    State House News Service May 31, 2016

    Beacon Hill insiders are edgy about whether the long-promised omnibus energy bill will even reach Gov. Baker's desk this year.

    State House News Service May 31, 2016
  • $184K in grants to Worcester-area programs

    Sam Bonacci May 31, 2016

    The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has announced the 13 organizations that received $183,500 in grants from the Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund.

    Sam Bonacci May 31, 2016
  • New England electric prices fell 35% in 2015

    Sam Bonacci May 27, 2016

    Electricity prices in New England fell by 35 percent in 2015 on the back of plummeting natural gas prices. according to ISO New England.

    Sam Bonacci May 27, 2016
  • House energy bill gets mixed review

    State House News Service May 24, 2016

    The long-awaited House energy bill met significant push back Monday over its limited scope.

    State House News Service May 24, 2016
  • Suspended pipeline project 'officially dead'

    State House News Service May 24, 2016

    After suspending work in April, Kinder Morgan has fully pulled the plug on its controversial Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project.

    State House News Service May 24, 2016
  • Smart Grid pilot at $55M and counting

    Laura Finaldi May 23, 2016

    At the end of its first year, National Grid's two-year smart meter pilot program in Worcester has exceeded its $46M budget by 21%, with an $830-million bill looming.

    Laura Finaldi May 23, 2016
  • New Mass. environmental regulations needed under court ruling

    State House News Service May 18, 2016

    A unanimous Supreme Judicial Court ruling handed down on Tuesday affirms the state's obligations under a 2008 global warming law and orders state government to create and implement regulations that apply to multiple carbon sources to meet its

    State House News Service May 18, 2016
  • House bill may come in 'south' of Baker hydro number, wind power requests

    State House News Service May 16, 2016

    The House energy bill will likely come in below Baker's proposal for hydropower procurement and what the offshore wind industry wants to produce and sell to Massachusetts ratepayers.

    State House News Service May 16, 2016
  • Court rules gas co. can take Mass. land for pipeline

    Sam Bonacci May 10, 2016

    A Massachusetts Superior Court has ruled that the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company can take part of a state forest in Western Massachusetts by eminent domain for its natural gas pipeline.

    Sam Bonacci May 10, 2016
  • Mass. banking on natural gas, renewables to replace retiring plants

    Laura Finaldi May 9, 2016

    As several thousand megawatts on the New England electric grid prepare to retire, Massachusetts officials are looking to natural gas, hydropower and wind to replace retiring generation and to power the commonwealth going forward.

    Laura Finaldi May 9, 2016
  • Ameresco sees revenue boost; returns to profitability

    Sam Bonacci May 5, 2016

    Framingham's Ameresco boasted revenue growth, returning to profitability in the first quarter of 2016, the company said in an announcement Thursday.

    Sam Bonacci May 5, 2016
  • Energy chief flags need for more natural gas

    May 4, 2016

    In the wake of the suspension of Kinder Morgan's major natural gas pipeline project in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Baker administration's energy chief on Tuesday stressed that "incremental" increased natural gas capacity continues to be a

    May 4, 2016
  • Hydropower getting support despite reservations over cost

    State House News Service May 2, 2016

    A new policy brief from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce describes hydropower as featuring energy reliability and environmental impact "strengths" with "less clear" impacts on costs for ratepayers.

    State House News Service May 2, 2016
  • Hopkinton architects create highest LEED-rated building in Massachusetts

    Sam Bonacci April 28, 2016

    The firm of Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects announced that its recently completed project for Subaru of New England in Norwood has achieved the LEED Platinum rating with 86 points, making it the highest rated LEED building in Massachusetts and

    Sam Bonacci April 28, 2016

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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.