#Massachusetts

National Grid has submitted its Electric Sector Modernization Plan (ESMP) to the Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC).

USA, Massachusetts: Iberdrola will invest more than $10 B in the development of three offshore wind complexes.

USA, Massachusetts: The amount of offshore wind power in the pipeline is poised to roughly double with the selection of projects from both Vineyard Wind and Mayflower Wind.

Vaisala brings to the market an accurate and reliable method for detecting air ingress in sealed power transformers.

USA, Massachusetts: Linxon has secured a contract to construct the onshore substation for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project.

USA, Massachusetts, Boston: A transformer pole fell over and a car and two street signs became electrified on the night of 25 June, officials said.

A driver who struck a power pole in Dorchester on 21 April late in the night managed to escape from their vehicle before it burst into flames, officials said.

USA, Massachusetts, Falmouth: Developers presented plans on 16 March for an offshore wind farm in Massachusetts to include underground cables.

Mayflower Wind Energy has hired a Semco-Bladt joint venture to build and deliver a substation for the Mayflower Wind project offshore Nantucket, Massachusetts.

USA, Massachusetts: National Grid Saudi Arabia has contracted Doble Engineering Company, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc., for advanced services to support a new phase of its power grid reliability initiative, which will expand transformer health programs into additional regions.

USA, Massachusetts: The electrical utility Eversource will be moving a giant transformer to its substation at the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Facility on Millers Falls Road in three parts over the next three weeks.

USA, Massachusetts: With Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts shutting down permanently in mid-2019, the site is being considered by another energy producer for the construction of a new power substation to be built as part of the $1.5 billion sub-Atlantic transmission project.

USA, Massachusetts: General Electric announced its headquarters will move to the Seaport District of Boston along Necco Street, reports Electric Light & Power.

USA, Massachusetts: To enhance the reliability of France’s power grid infrastructure, Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has selected Doble to provide insulation analyser solution to closely track the condition of its thousands of measurement transformers.

USA, Massachusetts: National Grid Saudi Arabia has contracted Doble Engineering Company, Watertown-based provider of diagnostic instruments and services, to provide support services for a new phase of its power grid reliability initiative, expanding transformer health initiatives into additional regions.

USA, Massachusetts: Winter storm Juno has left the entire Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, without electricity due to severe icing at a downtown substation and numerous downed lines and blown power transformers.