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Hey there, Massachusetts! I want to clear up some confusion about a provision in the climate bill currently on Gov. Baker's desk. The bill DOES NOT put a 5-yr moratorium on wood-burning biomass facilities like the one proposed in Springfield.
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(2/8) And it DOES NOT affect the proposed rule changes from the Department of Energy Resources to allow certain biomass facilitates to get lucrative renewable energy subsidies.
Background on Springfield plant & proposed rule changes👇
wbur.org/earthwhile/202…
Background on Springfield plant & proposed rule changes👇
wbur.org/earthwhile/202…
(3/8) What this bill DOES do is affect how municipal light plants (the 14% of the market not covered by big utilities like Eversource and National Grid) can source energy from biomass facilities and count it toward their renewable energy goals.
