From: Sally Pick <sjp@crocker.com>
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 11:49 AM
To: Judge, Michael (ENE)
Cc: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Please extend comment deadline for proposed RPS rule
changes
Dear
Mr. Judge:
Thank
you for your efforts to obtain public comments on the rule change proposed for
the Renewable
Portfolio Standards, by holding public hearings. I am
requesting that you extend the deadline for submitting testimony on proposed
changes to the RPS 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.
Sincerely,
Sally
Pick
25
Union St.
Montague,
MA 01351