Experts, advocates, and state officials push back against $1 billion Mass Save cut

BOSTON –– Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Elizabeth Mahony joined clean energy experts, contractors, affordable housing developers, and policy experts at a virtual Senate hearing today to defend the value of the nation-leading Mass Save program and warn against a proposal to slash $1 billion from the program’s budget and redirect 70% of Alternative Compliance Payments (ACPs) away from clean energy investments.

A recording of the hearing can be accessed here.

“Without energy efficiency programs in place, the Commonwealth’s electric demand would be around 27.7% higher than it is today, resulting in billions of dollars in additional costs for energy supply and infrastructure,” said Kyle Murray, Director, State Program Implementation, Acadia Center. “Specifically, Mass Save investments made between 2016 and 2024 meant that ratepayers avoided paying around $16.1 billion in electric, gas, and delivered fuels supply and infrastructure costs alone.”

To read the full press release from LISC, click here.