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The Dirty Truth Behind Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Transition
(Still from There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007).
National Grid has new vision for heating - CommonWealth Magazine
THERE IS OVERWHELMING evidence the world is experiencing the impacts of climate change, and that we must move away from fossil fuels.
Opinion - BusinessWest
Putting MassSave Changes in Perspective By Robert Rio Massachusetts recently updated its flagship Mass Save energy efficiency program. The changes will affect businesses in areas served by an investor-owned electric or gas utility — companies such as Eversource, National Grid and UNITIL. The changes took effect on Jan. 1. Massachusetts reviews its energy efficiency programs every three years. What will the changes mean to your company?
Mass. Clean Energy Center needs more funding - CommonWealth Magazine
OVER 111,000 PEOPLE WORK in Massachusetts’ dynamic clean energy economy, due to a powerful combination of leading policies, strong talent, and key institutions. At the center of this dynamic industry is the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Founded by the Green Jobs Act legislation in 2008, this quasi-public agency’s mission is to put public renewable energy trust funds to work to build a clean energy economy.
New Solar Subsidy Program Gets It Right
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), after months of public comment, released on Tuesday its proposal for a new solar-energy incentive program to replace the complex and overly expensive program now in place. We think the state got it right. And employers and other electric customers will be the better for it. The proposal adopts suggestions made by AIM to rely on market competition to establish the amount of incentives that developers will receive to install solar energy.
Electricity Ruling Produces $115 Million Refund
Massachusetts electric ratepayers will receive a $115 million refund as the result of a ruling last week in an administrative court case brought by the attorney general and supported by AIM. A federal administrative law judge, ruling in a case first brought in 2011, reduced to 9.59 percent the guaranteed return granted to the companies that develop and operate transmission lines that bring electricity long distances.
Solar-Energy Subsidies: A Primer
The debate over solar-energy subsidies in Massachusetts has enormous cost implications for employers. But the debate is arcane, complex and littered with head-scratching jargon such as SRECs, net-metering and behind-the-meter installations. It is also littered with misinformation intended to distort the financial facts of the issue. Associated Industries of Massachusetts has compiled a plain-English series of questions and answers to help employers understand the issue.
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