Proposed bill takes aim at the state’s climate goals and Mass Save
For decades, Massachusetts has passed increasingly proactive laws aimed at addressing the climate crisis and driving the clean energy transition, making the state a leader in tackling greenhouse gas emissions.
But a soon-to-be proposed bill in the Massachusetts House would take a step in the opposite direction, weakening the state’s 2030 climate mandate to lower greenhouse gas emissions by making the target nonbinding.
The bill would also gut aspects of the state’s energy-efficiency program, Mass Save, in an attempt to save people money on their energy bills. It would do that by lowering the program’s budget, paid for by ratepayers, in addition to other cost-saving measures, according to a copy of the bill viewed by The Boston Globe.
That could result in short-term savings, but critics of the bill say it’s a long-term loser.
The bill “is a five-alarm fire,” said Kyle Murray, Massachusetts program director for the advocacy group the Acadia Center, who is among the many climate and clean energy advocates in the state dismayed by the proposed legislation.
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