Writing to House leadership, the Mass Coalition for Sustainable Energy raised concerns about S2500, An Act Setting Next-Generation Climate Policy:
The group disagrees with the Senate’s decision to leave critical specifics of carbon pricing up to the executive branch, claims the Senate bill makes unrealistic assumptions about the future costs and availability of clean energy technologies, and disapproves of the Senate leaving business, employer and labor groups off of a Climate Policy Commission proposed in a Senate bill.
On that last point, the coalition was backed up Thursday by Jay Ash, the former Baker administration economic development secretary who now leads the the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership.
“The absence of business, employer & labor reps on the Climate Commission proposed by Bill S2500 is a missed opportunity. If S2500 is to be successful, then we must be at the table, too! Many of us have been active & continue to lead on the possibilities,” Ash tweeted Thursday.