From: Carolyn Barthel <carolyncbarthel@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 4:10 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: DOER biomass regulations rollback
Dear Mr. Wassam,
Governor Baker is walking away from a commitment made by the
Patrick Administration to communities in western Massachusetts to develop
criteria for biomass RPS eligibility based on science. As a result, MA
has the only regulations in the nation that consider greenhouse gas emissions
as criteria for biomass eligibility, and only highly efficient biomass plants
qualify. The proposed regulations roll back or eliminate all of these
science-based standards, expand what types of wood can qualify, and will be a windfall
for the biomass industry by subsidizing new and existing polluting biomass
power plants in MA and New England.
Withdraw the dirty DOER biomass regulations as Class I RPS!
Thank you!
Carolyn Barthel
50 Asylum Street
Mendon, MA 01756