From: Jolly Tager <tagfred@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2019 10:34 PM
To: Energy, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Proposed regulatory changes to SREC1: Destruction of the public's trust in Mass
government
Dear Commissioner Judson,
It is horrifying to receive the news that the DOER plans to negate the SREC I incentive program after so many Massachusetts citizens installed solar believing that they would receive SRECS for the promised time of the program. This change flies in the face of 225 C.M.R. 14.00, which unambiguously demonstrates that solar projects retain their SREC I eligibility through the end of the program. This interpretation of the regulations is long-standing and has been confirmed by DOER on multiple occasions.
Changing this program in anyway makes clear that our current top elected and appointed officials of our Commonwealth are untrustworthy. Trustworthiness, rather than greed and duplicity, is the hallmark of a civil, elected government. If these proposed changes go into effect, Governor Baker and those he has appointed to “cabinet” positions make clear that reneging on promises, that citizens have relied on, is permissible. Government acting in bad faith further erodes the public’s faith in elected leadership.
When you breach an agreement as you are with these proposed changes, you lose all credibility with the public: those you are supposed to protect, not the fossil-fuel utilities.
Jocelyn R. Tager, Ph.D.