Claire Belanger, Author at FirstLight

FirstLight Announces $97.5M Corporate Credit Facility to Support Clean Energy Development Pipeline and Growth Strategy in North America

May 11, 2023

The expansion of FirstLight’s existing credit facility builds on longstanding lender partnerships with Royal Bank of Canada and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, and adds new lender Export Development Canada, deepening FirstLight’s relationships with global financial institutions to support its continued growth and development in North America BURLINGTON, Mass. – May 11, 2023 – FirstLight Power (FirstLight),…

FirstLight Launches Grant Program to Support Local Organizations Advancing Climate & Community Impact Projects

April 27, 2023

FirstLight Sustains will support projects that promote community building and sustainability in communities across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania Burlington, MA – April 27, 2023 – FirstLight Power, a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, today announced the launch of FirstLight Sustains, a competitive grant program to improve the quality of life in…

FirstLight Power & H2O Power Announce Completion of Planned Integration

April 11, 2023

With the addition of over 150 MW of capacity from eight hydroelectric facilities majority owned and managed by H2O Power in Northern Ontario, FirstLight continues its significant growth and diversification of the company’s clean energy portfolio BURLINGTON, Mass. and OSHAWA, Canada – April 11, 2023 – FirstLight Power, a leading clean power producer, developer, and…

FirstLight Statement on Flows and Fish Passage Settlement Filing for Northfield Mountain and Turners Falls Hydropower Projects

March 31, 2023

FirstLight Power (FirstLight) today filed a Flows and Fish Passage Settlement Agreement (Agreement) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relative to the relicensing of the Turners Falls Hydroelectric Project1 and Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project, located on the Connecticut River in Western Massachusetts. The Agreement follows a decade-long process involving dozens of scientific studies…

FirstLight Power Statement on Oil Sheen Observed at Turners Falls Dam

March 23, 2023

On Thursday, March 9th, FirstLight Power received notice of an observed small oil sheen below the Turners Falls Dam. We immediately deployed our team to inspect the area and establish and implement solutions to address the issue, at all times in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). The team onsite identified two…

FirstLight Begins Annual Drawdown of Candlewood Lake

January 23, 2023

NEW MILFORD, Conn. – January 23rd, 2023 – FirstLight, the owner and operator of the Rocky River pumped hydroelectric station, began the drawdown of Candlewood Lake, which includes Squantz Pond, on Friday, January 20th, 2023. The drawdown, executed in consultation with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…

FirstLight’s Shepaug Bald Eagle Observatory Opens for the Winter

January 6, 2023

2023 season kicked off with over 150 visitors, the viewing of 15 eagles, and lots of exciting activity for visitors to enjoy New Milford, CT – January 6th, 2023 – FirstLight Power, the owner and operator of the Shepaug Hydroelectric Power Station in Southbury, opened the Shepaug Bald Eagle Observatory for the winter on December…

FirstLight Launches Flood Notification System for Lower Housatonic River Communities

October 20, 2022

New Milford, CT – FirstLight, the owner and operator of five hydroelectric facilities along the Housatonic River, today announced the rollout of an enhanced Flood Notification System for the communities below, or downstream of, the Stevenson Dam in Monroe, Connecticut. The Lower Housatonic River occasionally experiences floods due to poor weather and the thawing of…

FirstLight Partners with Operation Fuel & New Leaf in CT on Major Clean Energy & Environmental Justice Initiatives

October 12, 2022

BURLINGTON, Mass. and NEW MILFORD, Conn. – October 12, 2022 – FirstLight Power, a leading clean provider of renewable energy and energy storage resources, today announced two major clean energy transition initiatives that demonstrate the company’s commitment to environmental justice, which will benefit Connecticut and the entire New England region. During an event with state…

FirstLight Annual Drawdown of Candlewood Lake

October 4, 2022

Candlewood Lake — FirstLight, the owner and operator of the Rocky River pumped hydroelectric station, will initiate the drawdown season for Candlewood Lake, which includes Squantz Pond, after December 1, 2022 as weather conditions allow. The drawdown, executed in consultation with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…

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