Carrie Katan

About a week ago, we began hearing rumors that Governor Healey was being pressured by the auto industry to delay implementation of the Advanced Clean Cars (ACC2) rule. ACC2 would, starting with model year 2026, require automakers to gradually increase the percentage of new cars sold in the Bay State that are electric.

A coalition of twelve environmental and clean energy organizations1, including Rewiring America, Acadia Center, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Sierra Club, and Environmental Defense Fund, recently submitted a letter strongly supporting the Department of Public Utilities' (DPU) draft policy to end gas line extension allowances (LEAs)—subsidies that have long encouraged new gas service connections and expansion.

After two years of negotiations, advocacy, and research by environmental advocates and lawmakers, Governor Baker has signed An Act driving clean energy and offshore wind into law . The bill helps move the state toward its net-zero emissions goal by updating policy around the transportation, electricity, and building sectors. One of the act's primary goals is to electrify the transportation sector , which is currently the largest source of emissions in the Commonwealth.