From: May, Jane (ENE)
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 1:07 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: FW: SREC Regulations
Jane Strong May
Executive Assistant to the
Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of
Energy Resources
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From: Richard Kalish <rkalish54@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 9:40 AM
To: May, Jane (ENE) <jane.may@mass.gov>
Cc: Ann Munson <annmunson60@gmail.com>
Subject: SREC Regulations
Judith Judson
Commissioner
Department
of Energy Resources
July 24, 2019
Dear Commissioner Judson:
We are writing to object
strenuously to your administration's proposal to change the definition of Class
1 renewable energy utilities
and to shorten the effective period of SRECs. The changes will increase subsidies and incentives for polluting
biomass energy in all three of Massachusetts’ major clean energy programs: the
Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), the Alternative Portfolio Standard, and the
proposed Clean Peak Standard by:
1. eliminating efficiency standards for woody
biomass;
2. increasing utility and supplier
obligations to buy from dirty waste-to-energy sources, such as trash
incineration; and
3. eliminating the requirement that
hydropower facilities be designated as low impact when
undergoing re-certification.
These
changes will create additional incentives for
power generation that increases greenhouse gases (GHGs), particulate pollution,
and toxic air quality.
Sincerely,
Richard Kalish
Ann Munson
Co-Chairs
Watertown Faces Climate Change,
Watertown, MA