Group challenges New England energy coordination

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Boston environmental group is challenging how energy policy is coordinated by New England’s six governors, saying the state leaders are conducting private negotiations with the energy industry.

The Conservation Law Foundation has submitted public records requests in the region’s six states. It said a plan by the governors that focuses on natural gas and hydropower from Canada “appears to be the product of backroom deal-making rather than sound public policy informed by open dialogue.”