From: Bill Ashley <william_ashley@hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2019 7:36 AM
To: Judge, Michael (ENE)
Cc: Wassam, John (ENE)
Dear Mr. Judge:
Thank you for your efforts to obtain public comments on this
rule change.
This is new topic for most of the electorate - so I am
requesting you extend the deadline for submitting testimony for the following
reasons:
- Notice of the
proposed changes in the RPS Class I and RPS Class II regulations was made
unexpectedly, to a limited number of people, and with virtually no attention in
the news media. Few people even knew about the changes until long after they
were proposed.
- The proposed changes
are extensive and complex, requiring a significant amount of time for even an
expert to analyze. For the average citizen, there has not been time to read,
review, and develop comments on these complicated changes.
- There is broad and
growing public interest in this issue. Many people have only recently learned
about the proposed changes and have had difficulty finding out where to get
information and how to comment.
- The current deadline
for comment is especially unreasonable, because it is only two days after the
Springfield hearing, which was added at the end of the process. This hearing
received significant attention, and this is how many people first learned about
the issue. At best, these people have had only a few days to read the extensive
proposed changes and submit their comments.
- For all these
reasons, I urge you to extend the deadline for public comment for another 30
days to July 7, or at least to June 30, 2019.
Bill Ashley
108 Deerfield Street
Greenfield, MA 01301