Please write to oppose Rep. Cusack’s legislation undercutting Massachusetts landmark Climate Laws!

This bill circumvented a vote of the joint Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee in the Legislature, and is now moving toward the Ways and Means Committee.

This letter will be sent to all members of Ways and Means.

According to the Boston Globe, the bill would establish an “affordability and competitiveness standard” guiding state energy decisions, reduce the money allocated to the Mass Save efficiency plan, and decrease restrictions on gas and nuclear energy.

The Globe also reports that the measure would also remove the prohibition on Mass Save incentives for efficient gas heating systems and decouple the program from greenhouse gas reduction goals. Other provisions extend state offshore wind deadlines from 2027 to 2029 and repeal restrictions on new nuclear power plant construction.