From:                                                       Carolyn Barthel <carolyncbarthel@gmail.com>

Sent:                                                         Friday, July 26, 2019 4:10 PM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   DOER biomass regulations rollback

 

Dear Mr. Wassam,

 

Governor Baker is walking away from a commitment made by the Patrick Administration to communities in western Massachusetts to develop criteria for biomass RPS eligibility based on science.  As a result, MA has the only regulations in the nation that consider greenhouse gas emissions as criteria for biomass eligibility, and only highly efficient biomass plants qualify. The proposed regulations roll back or eliminate all of these science-based standards, expand what types of wood can qualify, and will be a windfall for the biomass industry by subsidizing new and existing polluting biomass power plants in MA and New England.

 

Withdraw the dirty DOER biomass regulations as Class I RPS!

Thank you!

 

Carolyn Barthel

50 Asylum Street

Mendon, MA 01756