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Energy & Utilities

  • World Energy Announces Record Quarter

    August 2, 2012

    Worcester-based energy services management firm World Energy Solutions Inc. posted record revenues during its second quarter, up 78-percent over the same period last year, to $8.2 million.

    August 2, 2012
  • Coakley Seeks $16 Million In Fines From National Grid

    July 27, 2012

    The attorney general's office has hit utility provider National Grid with a $16 million fine for the way it allegedly handled Tropical Storm Irene and last October's snowstorm.

    July 27, 2012
  • Worcester Firm Wins Clean Energy Grant

    Emily Micucci July 27, 2012

    A $1 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant has been awarded to the Unity Power Alliance (UPA), a partnership between Worcester's ThermoEnergy and an Italian company, for the development of clean coal energy technology.

    Emily Micucci July 27, 2012
  • Worcester Receives Drinking Water Supply Protection Grant

    July 26, 2012

    The city of Worcester today received a $400,000 grant from the state's Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) department to acquire the Muir Meadow property in Paxton and Leicester in an effort to protect its drinking water supply.

    July 26, 2012
  • Coakley Seeks $16M In Fines From National Grid

    July 26, 2012

    The attorney general's office has hit utility provider National Grid with a $16 million fine for the way it handled Tropical Storm Irene and last October's snowstorm.

    July 26, 2012
  • Southborough Firm Wins China Contract

    July 23, 2012

    A Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles has chosen Southborough’s Sevcon Inc. to supply motor controllers for its new light truck, Sevcon announce

    July 23, 2012
  • Ameresco Completes Lowell Energy Efficiency Project

    July 19, 2012

    Framingham-based renewable energy company Ameresco Inc. announced the completion of a city-wide infrastructure upgrade and energy efficiency project in Lowell on Wednesday.

    July 19, 2012
  • AMSC Wire Selected for European Maritime Project

    July 17, 2012

    Wind power and electric grid company AMSC of Devens announced its second multi-million dollar overseas deal within months.

    July 17, 2012
  • $3M In Grants For Energy Innovation Projects

    June 29, 2012

    The federal Department of Energy has awarded three Central Massachusetts companies grants worth up to $1 million each to develop new energy technologies.

    June 29, 2012
  • Energy Chief: State Must Stay Involved In Renewable Energy

    Rick Saia June 13, 2012

    Government must continue to be involved in the renewable energy market to help nudge the private sector toward using it more broadly and lessen dependence on fossil fuels, the head of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) said thi

    Rick Saia June 13, 2012
  • Is AMSC Positioning Itself For A Turnaround?

    June 10, 2012

    After losing its biggest customer in the spring of 2011, the Devens wind power and electric grid company formerly known as American Superconductor cut its workforce in half, lost more than $100 million and watched its share price — which had reach

    June 10, 2012
  • World Energy CEO Resigns

    June 7, 2012

    Richard Domaleski, who founded Worcester-based World Energy Solutions in 1996 and took it public a decade later, has resigned, the company announced. He will be replaced by Phil Adams, who has been company president for 10 years.

    June 7, 2012
  • Keystone Pipeline Developer Consolidates Westborough Executive Park Lease

    June 7, 2012

    Energy infrastructure provider TransCanada Corp., the company behind the controversial Keystone Pipeline proposal that made national news over the past year, has leased more than 20,000 square feet in Westborough, according to Boston-based Lincoln

    June 7, 2012
  • AMSC Losses Improve In 2011

    June 6, 2012

    Wind energy group AMSC of Devens narrowed its fourth quarter losses in 2011 over the previous year from $185.1 million to $21.2 million, the company sai

    June 6, 2012
  • Ameresco Expands Presence In South Florida

    June 6, 2012

    Framingham-based Ameresco Inc., an energy efficiency and renewable energy company, has been awarded an energy performance contract from Florida's Miami-

    June 6, 2012
  • AMSC Secures U.S. Patent

    Rick Saia June 5, 2012

    AMSC of Devens has acquired exclusive rights to a U.S.

    Rick Saia June 5, 2012

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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.