January 16, 2018

Greenhouse Reduction Goal Shouldn’t Drive Wrong Decision on Clean Energy Deal

The cold weather over the last few weeks has resulted in a significant amount of electricity being generated by coal and oil in New England. But, on an annual basis, the amount of oil- and coal-generated electricity will still be about 1% or less of all of the generation in the region. It's important to keep that fact in perspective, especially as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' clean energy solicitation is awarded. The Boston Globe editorial last week implied that it would be worth the expense to select the winner of the solicit more