THE LEGISLATURE DIDN’T DO a whole lot last year, but the state’s top lobbying firms kept rolling along. ML Strategies, the lobbying arm of the Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky […]
Bruce Mohl
Bruce Mohl oversees the production of content and edits reports, along with carrying out his own reporting with a particular focus on transportation, energy, and climate issues.
He previously worked at the Boston Globe, where he spent nearly 30 years in a wide variety of positions covering business and politics. He covered the Massachusetts State House and served as the Globe’s State House bureau chief in the late 1980s. He also reported for the Globe’s Spotlight Team, winning a Loeb award in 1992 for coverage of conflicts of interest in the state’s pension system. He served as the Globe’s political editor in 1994 and went on to cover consumer issues for the newspaper.
Bruce is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Posted inEnvironment
9% of region’s power bill incurred in one week
WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY PRICES in New England hit near-record lows in 2017, but they spiked dramatically during the last week in December when temperatures plunged. The operator of the regional power […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Paratransit costs run $16m over budget
THE BOTCHED ROLLOUT of an MBTA initiative to better manage rides for passengers with disabilities will save the T only $1 million this fiscal year rather than the $17 million […]
Posted inTransportation
T’S GM urges no fare hikes in January
THE MBTA’s GENERAL MANAGER recommended on Monday that fares not be increased on January 1, but two members of the T’s oversight board said they weren’t ready to take hikes […]
Posted inPolitics
Moulton says congressional midterms are key
US REP. SETH MOULTON spoke to the New England Council Friday morning on the importance of the midterm elections, where he stands in the Capuano-Pressley race, legislative redistricting, and his […]
Posted inThe Back Story
Is Mass. shortchanged on clean energy procurement?
IT FELT LIKE CHRISTMAS on Wednesday in New Hampshire. The weather was delightful outside in Manchester, but inside the folks at Eversource Energy were acting like Santa Claus. They weren’t […]
Posted inEnvironment
Eversource appeals NH ruling on N. Pass
EVERSOURCE ENERGY made a number of financial and construction commitments on Wednesday in a bid to convince a New Hampshire regulatory agency to void its unanimous decision against the Northern […]
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FERC calls report on Eversource, Avangrid flawed
THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION said on Tuesday that a report released by the Environmental Defense Fund accusing Eversource Energy and Avangrid Inc. of artificially driving up electricity prices in […]
Posted inTransportation
TransitMatters pushes ‘regional rail’
TRANSITMATTERS, a nonprofit known for delving into the nitty gritty of very specific transportation issues, went in a different direction on Tuesday, releasing a sweeping report calling for a multi-billion-dollar […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Is Keolis starting to turn a corner?
THE TREND LINES for commuter rail service are moving in a positive direction aside from a major setback during the severe cold spell in early January. Commuter rail officials are […]
Posted inTransportation
T director says new revenue not priority now
THE VICE CHAIRMAN of the MBTA’s oversight board said on Monday that the transit agency needs to execute on projects in the pipeline before considering whether new revenues are needed. […]
Posted inTransportation
Derailment at Andrew Station snarls commute
A NORTHBOUND RED LINE TRAIN derailed Wednesday morning at 9:20 a.m. as it approached Andrew Station, damaging about 300 feet of the electrified third rail and severely disrupting the morning […]
Posted inEnvironment
Eversource to seek Northern Pass reconsideration
EVERSOURCE ENERGY, which is facing a March 27 deadline to get its Northern Pass project back on track, is planning to ask a New Hampshire regulatory board to reconsider its […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker selects backup for Northern Pass
THE MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN ENERGY PROCUREMENT took another odd turn on Friday as officials entered into contract negotiations with a second transmission company with ties to Hydro-Quebec while giving Northern Pass […]
Posted inEnvironment
Healey unveils new renewable energy targets
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY on Thursday said Massachusetts should meet 50 percent or more of its electric power needs with renewable energy by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050. She […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn: No plans to sell company stock
STEVE WYNN told Wynn Resorts on Friday that he has no “immediate plans” to sell shares he owns in the company, according to a company filing with the Securities and […]
Posted inEnvironment
Utilities find no common ground on N. Pass
THE STATE’S UTILITIES blew through a deadline on Friday to come up with a decision or at least a series of next steps for dealing with the fallout from the […]
Posted inTransportation
Transportation commission won’t look at revenues, financing
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S new commission on the future of transportation will try to envision how people will be moving around the region 10 to 20 years from now, but it […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mass. business groups push natural gas
ON A DAY WHEN the Baker administration touted 2,000 megawatts of installed solar capacity in Massachusetts, the leaders of eight Bay State business groups appealed to Beacon Hill leaders to […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn Resorts probe far from over
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission said Steve Wynn’s resignation as CEO and chairman of Wynn Resorts will be a factor in the agency’s investigation of the company […]
Posted inEnvironment
Healey to Baker: Don’t leave N. Pass decision to utilities
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY on Tuesday urged Baker administration officials to actively participate in deliberations over what to do about the stalled Northern Pass hydro-electricity project, and not leave the […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker pushes phased S. Coast Rail
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON A CAMPAIGN PROMISE, Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday sought environmental approval for a phased approach to South Coast Rail that will allow service between Boston’s South Station […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Pay-to-play on transportation projects
STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS say they will increasingly look to third parties to financially support expansion initiatives. A policy memo released on Monday at the Fiscal and Management Control Board meeting […]
Posted inTransportation
T abandons privatization of bus garages
THE MBTA ON MONDAY abandoned efforts to privatize bus repair work at three garages after the union representing the existing workers agreed to wage and work rule concessions that will […]