MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS • November 3, 2021
New regulations promulgated by Governor Baker’s administration that would allow the inclusion of biomass in the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) are now set to be published on November 12, despite concerns raised by the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. WIth these new regulations, Massachusetts ratepayers would fund incentives for old, polluting biomass plants in Maine and New Hampshire under the guise that they are producing clean energy. The existing regulations do not allow inefficient biomass plants to receive MA RPS funds.