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New England May Face Scheduled Blackouts

If the region cannot get a grip on its electricity usage and supply, residents and businesses are facing a future that may include “rolling blackouts” on days when usage is the highest.

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Why Is Natural Gas So Expensive?

We break down what led to the area's high energy bills.

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Welcome To Power Source

Amid 33 percent energy bill increases and power-plant shutdowns, WGBH News and WCAI reporters examine the energy issues faced by New England.


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State Faces Pipeline Quandary as Electricty Costs Spike

Many homeowners install renewable energy technologies like solar panels in an effort to become less dependent on conventional energy sources. But could an entire island eventually achieve that goal?

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Diverging Views on the Future of New England's Energy System

A new ice rink in Falmouth is making its own electricity and using it as efficiently as any building of its kind in the world.

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Edgartown Explores Tides As Potential Future Renewable Energy Source

Many homeowners install renewable energy technologies like solar panels in an effort to become less dependent on conventional energy sources. But could an entire island eventually achieve that goal?

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Improving Energy Efficiency, 1 House & 1 Business At A Time

A new ice rink in Falmouth is making its own electricity and using it as efficiently as any building of its kind in the world.

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Keeping Nantucket Powered is a Challenge as Electricity Demand Rises

How do you keep an island 30 miles off the mainland supplied with fuel and electricity, especially with a seasonal population that creates a short but significant surge in the demand for energy?

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Charging Stations Still Sparse On Cape, Islands & South Coast

What might it take to finally bring electric cars to the masses?

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Energy Sources At Ends Of Lines Could Benefit Everyone

Boothbay, Maine has a message for end-of-the-line towns around New England: you could make the whole grid stronger.

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What's On This Bill, Anyway?

NStar spokesperson Michael Durand agreed to sit down with an NStar customer and talk about her electric bill.

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Changing Your Life to Use Less Energy

To really live off the grid, a person has to produce and store his own electricity.

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Of Solar-Powered Raspberries And Organic Electricity

Watching the energy meter run backwards in Wellfleet.

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