PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 15, 2020
Gov. Janet Mills has joined four other New England governors to press the operator of the region’s electric grid to do more to accommodate a future in which most people will be encouraged to heat their homes and drive vehicles powered with electricity generated by renewable resources. In a statement issued Wednesday to grid operator ISO-New England, the governors of Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island said operation of the grid and the current wholesale electricity market must be reformed to help the states meet their aggressive climate change-reduction goals. That will mean speeding up a transition largely dependent on solar and wind – especially offshore wind farms – along with giant batteries to store excess energy.