The six New England states unanimously agreed in late July to release a request for proposal (RFP) in 2013 for a significant amount of renewable energy. The agreement was made at the New England Governor’s Conference in Burlington, Vermont.
Taking advantage of economies of scale and market power, a competitive, coordinated regional procurement of renewable energy will help New England develop its vast, homegrown, renewable energy resource more cost effectively, enhance energy supply diversity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stimulate economic development.
This resolution charges The New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) with developing and implementing a work plan on behalf of the New England Governors that will result in the release of an RFP for renewable energy in 2013. NESCOE will convene a procurement team of the top energy officials and other representatives from each state that will finalize the details of the competitive, coordinated, regional procurement over the course of the next year.
Participants say the initiative will help pave the way for large scale investments in renewable energy across the region and is the culmination of years of rigorous analysis and policy development led by NESCOE on behalf of The New England Governors.
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