From:                                                       Carolyn Barthel <carolyncbarthel@gmail.com>

Sent:                                                         Friday, July 26, 2019 3:22 PM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   Withdraw the DOER dirty biomass rules

 

Dear Mr. Wassam,

 

Withdraw the DOER dirty biomass rules for the RPS.  They would allow dirty and inefficient wood-burning biomass power plants to be eligible for renewable energy credits!  They have no business getting renewable energy credits because they are not "clean" or "net-zero."  

 

They would significantly increase clean energy subsidies for biomass power plants and garbage incinerators!  We should not be building polluting facilities anywhere, and especially not in Springfield or any other Environmental Justice communities in the Commonwealth.

 

Thank you!

 

Sincerely,

 

Carolyn Barthel

50 Asylum Street

Mendon, MA 01756