Acadia Center’s Joint Comments on Docket No. 21-05-15RE02 – PURA Investigation into Performance Mechanisms for a Performance-Based Regulation Framework

Acadia Center, Vote Solar, Conservation Law Foundation, and Save the Sound provided these comments in response to the Public Utility Regulatory Authority’s (“PURA”) Notice of Issuance of Revised Straw Proposal and Notice of Request for Written Comments. We generally support the revised straw proposal's continued emphasis on transparency and accountability for DER deployment, energy storage performance, and GHG emissions reduction. We believe several modifications are necessary to strengthen the straw proposal’s effectiveness in advancing clean energy goals and establishing an equitable PBR framework.