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Massachusetts’ state energy efficiency bill contains some positive support for solar energy but falls short on efforts to reduce energy bills, according to US renewables advocacy groups.

The state of Maryland has passed a law to streamline the approval process for solar PV and energy storage projects.

Environmental Law & Policy Center argued that PJM’s scoring system would favour specific resource classes, such as combined cycle gas.

Financial institutions have moved too slowly in increasing financing for renewables to help meet global 2050 commitments on net zero, said US environmental organisation Sierra Club.

Hanover, New Hampshire, is the 29th US city to commit to a goal of procuring 100% of its energy from renewable sources.

Washington-based environmental organisation the Sierra Club is taking Florida Power & Light to court over a US$811 million rate hike over the next four years that “bilks millions of customers and further locks the Sunshine State into an over reliance on financially risky, climate-disrupting gas,” the group said.