From: Kelly Cusson <kcus44@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2019 10:54 AM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: NO subsidies for biomass
Mr. Wassman,
I strongly oppose changes to the Renewable Portfolio Standard to include biomass. We must drastically reduce current levels of pollution, not increase them, so I am against subsidies for biomass plants (including the Palmer plant proposed for East Springfield, a disadvantaged community already suffering from alarming rates of asthma, heart disease, cancer, and other chronic health problems) and allowing them to be eligible for renewable energy credits.
Scientists are repeatedly sounding the alarm on climate change. These proposed changes in the RPS contradict the drastic measures being called for to mitigate an already dire environmental situation. We must stop this madness.
Kelly Cusson
19 Taconic St Apt 5
Pittsfield MA 01201