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Massachusetts Clean Cities: works with other agencies and stakeholders to make alternative fuel vehicles and related infrastructure a viable option in Massachusetts.

Green Communities Designation & Grant Program: assists municipalities with becoming a Green Community to qualify for grants and technical assistance.   

Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART): A long-term, sustainable solar incentive program to promote cost-effective solar development in the Commonwealth

MOR-EV: program that makes electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable for Massachusetts residents, businesses, and non-profit organizations, and provides more equitable access to EVs. MOR-EV gives Massachusetts residents several ways to save money on the purchase or lease of eligible EVs. MOR-EV Trucks provides rebates for light-duty battery electric and fuel cell electric pickup trucks and other Class 2b vehicles, as well as for Class 3-8 battery electric and fuel cell electric vehicles.

Energy Storage Initiative:  aims to make Massachusetts a national leader in the emerging energy storage market.

Clean Peak Energy Standard: The Massachusetts Clean Peak Energy Standard is designed to provide incentives to clean energy technologies that can supply electricity or reduce demand during seasonal peak demand periods established by DOER.

Clean Heating & Cooling:  learn about new clean energy technology and programs for heating and cooling your home and business. 

Community Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative: grant program that helps cities and towns use clean energy technologies to protect citizens from service interruption caused by severe weather due to climate change.

Zero Net Energy Buildings:  initiative designed to assist with a transition to the next generation of high-performance buildings

Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS): Massachusetts' RPS was one of the first programs in the nation that required a certain percentage of the state's electricity to come from renewable energy.

Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (APS): established to complement the RPS Program, providing requirements and incentives for alternative electricity technologies.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): a cooperative effort by Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States to reduce CO2 emissions from large fossil-fueled power plants. RGGI is a regulatory program that uses market incentives to combat climate change.

Energy Management Services (EMS): an alternative public procurement method for municipalities; used to purchase energy conservation measures, energy efficiency and water conservation measures and onsite energy generation.

The Mass. Energy Data section of DOER's website highlights data used by DOER and others to determine how the state uses energy and how much progress we are making in reaching our clean energy goals. 

Among the Data & Information linked there are:

• Clean Energy Ranking & Progress: tracks how Mass is doing nationally in implementing clean energy policy and programs
• Mass. Energy Profile: comprehensive look at how the state uses energy including consumption, expenditure, emissions, and pricing data (provided by U.S. EIA). 
• Renewable Energy Snapshot: amount of solar, wind and combined heat and power (CHP) installed in Massachusetts
• Leading by Example: chronicles state government progress toward meeting energy and emissions goals at state facilities.

Additional data about electric & natural gas markets, greenhouse gas emissions, the electric grid, and more is also available.  

DOER has several social media accounts that you can use to follow our work and the state's on energy issues.  DOER operates or has content on the following accounts:

• DOER Twitter
• DOER YouTube: featuring webinars and videos from DOER on energy programs and initiatives. 
• Mass EEA YouTube
• Mass EEA Instagram
• Mass EEA Flickr

DOER works closely with numerous state and federal agencies developing and implementing clean energy policy for the state.  Among these agencies are:

• Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs: DOER's Secretariat seeks to protect, preserve, and enhance the Commonwealth’s environmental resources while ensuring a clean energy future for the state’s residents.
• Mass. Clean Energy Center: manages the Renewable Energy Trust fund for the state
• Dept. of Environmental Protection: responsible for ensuring clean air and water, safe management and recycling of solid and hazardous wastes, timely cleanup of hazardous waste sites and spills, and the preservation of wetlands and coastal resources.
• Dept of Public Utilities: oversees investor-owned electric power, natural gas, and water companies in Massachusetts. DPU also oversee the safety of natural gas pipelines