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BOSTON — After spending the bulk of the year trading barbs and working in parallel silos, the Democrats who lead the Legislature’s work on clean energy reform suddenly appear to

 Those legislators and government officials behind the effort to shut private concerns out of the energy-supply market in this state would do well to understand why that option remains a viable alternative.

BOSTON — Municipalities want to create programs to provide cheaper, greener power for their residents, and are backing a bill to cut through regulatory red tape and would allow them to get approval more quickly and easily.

Municipalities want to create programs to provide cheaper, greener power for their residents, and are backing a bill to cut through regulatory red tape and would allow them to get approval more quickly and easily.

BURLINGTON - Massachusetts officials are proposing policy solutions calling for the passage of a bill to support and more readily approve municipal aggregation programs in Massachusetts, in the face of

BOSTON — Municipalities want to create programs to provide cheaper, greener power for their residents, and are backing a bill to cut through regulatory red tape and would allow them to get approval more quickly and easily.

City council and select board members from 120 towns and cities, including from Berkshire County, signed a letter supporting a bill that would cut through regulatory red tape for green

Municipalities want to create programs to provide cheaper, greener power for their residents but say regulatory red tape is slowing down the process. A proposed bill could allow them to get approval more easily.

About 27% of Massachusetts’ carbon emissions comes from heating and cooling interior spaces, and it is time for a change, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, D-Marblehead, told the Joint Telecommunications, Energies and Utilities Committee.

Biomass critics press lawmakers for more stringent regulations "> Published: 7/26/2021 9:10:08 PM Local groups focused on environmental policy are trying to keep pressure on state officials to strengthen rules surrounding biomass energy, even after a controversial biomass plant in Springfield was canceled in the spring. “We are hopeful that substantive legislation, including explicitly forbidding subsidies for woody biomass power plants, will emerge from this legislative session,” says Ma...