From:                                                       Carolyn Barthel <carolyncbarthel@gmail.com>

Sent:                                                         Friday, July 26, 2019 3:10 PM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   Withdraw the DOER dirty biomass rules

 

Dear Mr. Wassam,

 

Do not include biomass as a Class I RPS.  It is not equivalent to the net-zero emissions that solar and offshore wind are.  When you burn biomass, you create carbon emissions and particulate matter pollution.  Biomass is not net-zero: it takes ages for trees to grow so you've lost all that carbon absorption in the meantime.  Here's an article that eloquently explains the issue:

 

 https://www.gazettenet.com/Guest-column-by-William-R-Moomaw-Bob-Leverett-Robert-A-Jonas-and-Monica-Jakuc-Leverett-27110056

 

DO NOT INCLUDE BIOMASS AS A CLASS I RESOURCE!

 

Thank you!

 

Sincerely,

 

Carolyn Barthel

50 Asylum Street

Mendon, MA 01756