With Entergy's decision [in October 2015] to close the Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth, Mass., New England has an opportunity to increase the supply of clean energy to the region. The Pilgrim closure is part of an array of market and environmental pressures that are shutting down the oil, coal and nuclear plants that have sustained the region for years. Left to the market, this zero-carbon resource will be replaced by a natural gas-fired power plant - a big step backward in the state and region's hopes to reduce carbon emissions. Fortunately, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed an energy bill in August 2016 that will allow the state to participate in a big regional effort to build clean energy infrastructure that will efficiently bring substantial wind and hydro-power resources to consumers at reasonable prices.
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