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Protesters to state officials: Change clean energy siting rules in new Climate Action Plan
05-07-2025 5:10 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

HOLYOKE — Unperturbed by the rain that pelted their colorful signs, dozens of impassioned community members hailing from cities and towns across the region gathered in song and frustration to protest state clean energy siting practices they think will be more harmful to the environment than helpful.

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Ashfield becomes first Climate Leader Community in Franklin County
05-12-2025 3:58 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — It’s official. Ashfield has been named among the state’s first group of Climate Leader Communities, making it the first Franklin County municipality to earn the designation.


Community Action Pioneer Valley could see significant reduction in service under Trump cuts
05-09-2025 6:54 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — The White House’s top-line discretionary budget request for fiscal year 2026, released on May 2, proposes the slashing of two line items that, if approved, could significantly alter Community Action Pioneer Valley’s services.


Solar panels installed at Fisher Hill Elementary School in Orange
05-04-2025 9:00 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Solar panels have been installed on Fisher Hill Elementary School’s roof, another step in a renovation project that began nearly five years ago.


Wendell group to present clean energy siting suitability findings to state policymakers
04-27-2025 1:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The citizens group that formed in 2023 in opposition to a since-withdrawn proposal for a 105-megawatt battery storage facility plans to present clean energy siting suitability findings to state policymakers in Holyoke on May 5.


Bill would allow Chapter 61A exception for renewable energy at farms
04-15-2025 4:13 PM

By COLIN A. YOUNG

A recommendation from a task force the Legislature created a decade ago resurfaced last week before the Revenue Committee, which took testimony related to the machinations involved when a farm wants to use a portion of its land to generate both renewable electricity and supplemental income.


Franklin County, North Quabbin groups send letter opposing pipeline expansion
04-14-2025 1:56 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

Beginning more than a decade ago and wrapping up in 2016, a wide-ranging coalition in western Massachusetts banded together to resist Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.’s Northeast Energy Direct project, which proposed a pipeline running through eight Franklin County towns.


As part of Climate Leader plans, Ashfield’s ‘solar journey’ just beginning
04-08-2025 4:19 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — As part of its goal to cut use of fossil fuels in municipal facilities by 95.6% by 2050, town officials recently spent the day perusing sites that could help power Ashfield’s future with clean energy while reducing energy costs.


Greenfield Fire Station’s energy use 250% higher than expected
03-28-2025 5:27 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The city’s Fire Station at 41 Main St., a roughly $21.7 million construction project that opened last May, uses 250% more energy than anticipated, according to Greenfield’s Energy and Sustainability Director Carole Collins.


With $402K grant, South Deerfield company with focus on supercapacitors poised to expand
03-13-2025 9:02 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Over the last year, an energy storage solutions research and development company focusing on supercapacitors has been settling into its new facility off of Routes 5 and 10.


Ashfield plans solar for highway, wastewater facilities
03-12-2025 11:29 AM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — The Selectboard has signed a letter of intent with Solect Energy to build two solar arrays.


Decade of work in Deerfield bears fruit with solar agreements, generating $6M for town
03-06-2025 5:59 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — More than $6 million in revenue is expected to come to the town’s coffers over the next 20 years following Wednesday’s approval of a lease amendment for a solar array on the former landfill on Lee Road.


Northfield Planning Board defends BlueWave Solar permit denial in Land Court
03-05-2025 6:03 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — The Northfield Planning Board has filed its response to BlueWave Solar’s appeal of the denial of a special permit for a second proposed solar array on Pine Meadow Road, with the board denying all allegations and calling upon the solar company to prove its claims, according to documents filed in Land Court on Tuesday.


BlueWave files appeal of Northfield Planning Board’s solar array denial
02-25-2025 3:00 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — BlueWave Solar is appealing the Northfield Planning Board’s unanimous denial of a special permit for a second proposed project on Pine Meadow Road, claiming the rejection “exceeded the board’s authority, was based on a legally untenable ground, [and] was arbitrary and capricious,” according to documents filed with Land Court.


Conway residents weigh in on decommissioning some streetlights
02-21-2025 2:34 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — As the town’s streetlight study continues, residents and officials gathered at Town Hall this week to shed some light on the topic.


Healey demands regulatory agency, utilities provide relief from energy prices
02-18-2025 4:56 PM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — With residents facing skyrocketing energy bills, Gov. Maura Healey demanded Sunday that a state regulatory agency and utility companies provide urgent relief to customers.


No Assault & Batteries launches fundraiser to pay for Wendell battery storage bylaw appeal
02-17-2025 8:01 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The citizens group that formed in 2023 in opposition to a now-withdrawn proposal for a 105-megawatt battery storage facility has started a crowdfunding campaign to defray legal costs for the town, which is appealing the state attorney general’s rejection of a battery energy storage bylaw.


Leyden seeks feedback on draft energy aggregation plan
02-04-2025 11:00 AM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

LEYDEN — The Selectboard is seeking feedback on the town’s draft energy aggregation plan. Anyone with suggestions on what the town should consider while negotiating with energy providers can submit comments by Thursday, March 6, at 5 p.m.


Warwick receives Leading by Example Award for green energy efforts
02-03-2025 5:19 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — Thanks to the work of a dedicated team of volunteers over the last 17 years, Warwick residents were able to slash town energy use and pave a path forward for green energy, even in a town of just under 800 residents.


Great River Hydro in Shelburne Falls plans its first battery energy storage system
01-30-2025 3:39 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Great River Hydro is looking to develop a battery energy storage system, a first for the hydropower company, at its Deerfield No. 3 Station located at 71 Conway St.


Eversource plans utility pole upgrade in Shelburne Falls
01-27-2025 1:48 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Eversource plans to replace 107 utility poles across the village to improve the reliability of the electrical grid, though the project has given Shelburne town officials pause amid their own LED streetlight conversion effort.

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