An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to improve energy affordability, promote clean power, and boost the Massachusetts economy. It establishes a real-time dashboard to show residential customer bill components, analyzes the benefits of clean energy programs, and modifies regulations related to energy siting, procurement, and permitting. The bill also includes provisions for rate transparency, utility oversight, and incentives for renewable energy development, as well as addressing issues related to labor peace agreements and workforce development in the energy sector.
Key provisions
- Creates a real-time dashboard to display residential customer bill components and utility cost recovery mechanisms.
- Analyzes the benefits of clean energy programs and investments, including system reliability and avoided energy costs.
- Modifies regulations related to energy siting and permitting for small clean energy infrastructure facilities.
- Enhances rate transparency by requiring utilities to report detailed rate information to the public.
- Establishes a mechanism to return at least 70% of alternative compliance payments to ratepayers.
- Creates a state-led offshore wind pre-development and project acceleration program.
- Requires utilities to offer flexible interconnection programs for distributed energy resources.
- Implements a program to incentivize the installation of energy efficiency upgrades in residential buildings.
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Sponsors
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Primary sponsor
House Committee on Ways and Means
Cosponsors
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos
Bradley H. Jones Jr.
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