From:                                                       Carolyn Barthel <carolyncbarthel@gmail.com>

Sent:                                                         Friday, July 26, 2019 4:16 PM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   Withdraw the biomass regulations rollback

 

Dear Mr. Wassam,

 

Governor Baker has joined an alliance of U.S. governors that pledged to support the Paris Climate Change Agreement. But the proposed regulations take Massachusetts in the opposite direction. The Paris Agreement calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting forests as natural carbon sinks. Instead, DOER is proposing using MA’s primary clean energy program to incentivize logging and encourage inefficient biomass power plants that release more CO2 per unit of energy than coal-fired power plants. This proposal undermines MA’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as required by the Global Warming Solutions Act, and contradicts the public statements Governor Baker has made claiming to support the Paris Agreement.

 

Withdraw the biomass regulations rollback as a Class I RPS source!

 

Thank you!

 

Sincerely,

 

Carolyn Barthel

50 Asylum Street

Mendon, MA 01756