Green Energy Consumers

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Once again, Massachusetts is working on a clean energy and climate plan – this time for 2050 – and your input is needed by October 21.

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Massachusetts Climate Clean Cleaning 109

Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 22, 2023

Per the Clean Energy & Climate Plan for 2025 and 2030 , Massachusetts must reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector 34% by 2030 for the economy as a whole to cut emissions in half compared to 1990.

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Massachusetts Transportation Emissions Gas 84

Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Good news for Massachusetts residents! The Massachusetts Offers Rebates for Electric Vehicles Program ( MOR-EV Program ) has increased electric vehicle rebates from $2,500 to $3,500 for battery electric vehicles.

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Electric Vehicles Massachusetts Vehicles Electric 78

Green Energy Consumers

JANUARY 12, 2023

Way back in the summer of 2021 , the electric utilities in Massachusetts – Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil – proposed bold new electric vehicle programs to the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). For the next year, the DPU engaged in a formal process to weigh the utilities’ proposals.

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Massachusetts Electric Cars Electric Electrical 100

Green Energy Consumers

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On November 30, the Massachusetts Clean Heat Commission released its long-awaited report with recommendations for “strategies and policies to achieve deep emissions reductions from heating fuels in the state.”

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Emissions 94

Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 25, 2023

With the release of the report , U nited N ations Secretary General António Guterres called on developed nations to achieve net-zero emissions by as close to 2040 as possible , rather than the 2050 date that has been the standard – and the date around which Massachusetts and Rhode Island climate policy has developed.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Climate Change Emissions 80

Electrek

JUNE 1, 2022

National Grid, a utility that serves more than 20 million people in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, is expanding its Off-Peak Charging Rebate Program in Massachusetts that it runs with ev.energy , a certified B corporation and global provider of managed EV charging software.

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Massachusetts Rhode Island Charging Grid 122

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 22, 2022

On Thursday, the Massachusetts House and Senate both passed a major new climate bill, An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. The legislation now goes to Governor Baker for signature.

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Massachusetts Climate Wind Transportation 122

Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Now, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced who got awarded – and school districts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are on the list! Earlier this summer, we wrote about applications being open for the Clean School Bus Program. GECA staff and partners with an electric school bus in Beverly, MA.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Electric Electrical 83

Electrek

AUGUST 25, 2022

The power of heavy-duty electric vehicles is on display again in Massachusetts as electric school buses are being used to send much-needed energy back to the grid. The post Electric school buses give back over 80 hours of power to Massachusetts energy grid appeared first on Electrek.

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Energy Grid Massachusetts Grid Electric 122

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2022

It's all good in Massachusetts. EV chargers need electricity. Light poles have electricity.

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Massachusetts Grid Installation All-Electric 130

Electrek

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Massachusetts-based Ko-Solar wants to put solar panels in places no one really notices, like on industrial building roofs, in parking lots , and sound barriers on highways. more… The post Massachusetts may soon host the first US solar on highway sound barriers appeared first on Electrek. And that would be a US first.

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Massachusetts Solar Boston Industrial 143

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 14, 2022

This blog covers strategies outlined in Massachusetts’ final Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the buildings sector. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents to Massachusetts’ emissions in 1990, or about 15% of total GHG emissions.

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Climate 81

Electrek

JANUARY 25, 2022

Massachusetts-based Ko-Solar wants to put solar panels in places no one really notices, like on industrial building roofs, in parking lots , and sound barriers on highways. more… The post Massachusetts will host the first US solar on highway sound barriers [Update] appeared first on Electrek. And that will be a US first.

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Massachusetts Solar Boston Industrial 119

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 14, 2022

This blog covers strategies outlined in Massachusetts’ final Clean Energy and Climate Plan's (CECP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. For more background on the CECP for 2025 and 2030, read this blog.

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Massachusetts Transportation Clean Cleaning 80

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 14, 2022

This blog covers strategies outlined in Massachusetts’ final Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the electric power sector. For more background on the CECP for 2025 and 2030, read this blog.

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Climate 79

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 5, 2022

Courtesy of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Emissions 141

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A new Massachusetts state law aims to address one of the main reasons why. DC fast charging can make owning an electric car more convenient, but the cost of using it can be substantially higher than slower Level 2 AC charging.

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Massachusetts Charging Electric Cars DC 170

Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 20, 2022

The Massachusetts legislature, meanwhile, isn’t considering a Renewable Portfolio Standard update in the climate bills that have been passed by the MA House and Senate and are currently being negotiated in the conference committee.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Electric Electrical 78

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 14, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) released the final draft of the Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP) for 2025 and 2030.

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Energy 73

Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 6, 2021

New Incentive for Electric Trucks in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) recently announced that the popular rebate program for electric vehicles, MOR-EV , will now offer incentives for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks too.

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Massachusetts Electric Electrical Electric Vehicles 60

Green Energy Consumers

AUGUST 31, 2021

In the coming months, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), the public agency responsible for utility oversight, will review the ideas and decide whether the proposals will be executed as is or with modifications.

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Massachusetts Charging Electric Electrical 90

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

XL Hybrids announced its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System will be installed in 52 vehicles that serve five Massachusetts state agency fleets. The upgrades were made possible by support from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).

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Massachusetts Fleet Hybrid Vehicles 150

Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 27, 2022

In 2021, Governor Baker signed comprehensive climate legislation called An Act Creating a Next Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy.

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Massachusetts Climate Emissions Climate Change 81

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

Optimus Ride, a MIT spinoff company developing self-driving technology, recently received approval from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to test highly automated vehicles in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. million co-led by NextView Ventures and FirstMark Capital.

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Massachusetts Boston Vehicles Electric Vehicles 150

Green Energy Consumers

MAY 9, 2022

We have a whole page on our website to explain the federal tax credit (up to $7,500) and Massachusetts state rebate (MOR-EV) for electric vehicles (EVs). If you’re looking for an electric car, you are likely looking for rebates and incentives to help you make the switch too.

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Massachusetts Electric Vehicles Electric Cars Tax Credit 75

Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This summer I moved from Massachusetts to Colorado and decided I was going to make the move in its entirety with just my electric vehicle (EV). I’ve had a 2019 Chevy Bolt for two years now and this was the longest trip I had ever done with it.

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Massachusetts Colorado Electric Cars Electric 87

Green Energy Consumers

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Here's a guest blog from our friend Nicole about her family's trip from Massachusetts to Virginia in a fully-electric car. That's why we love featuring real stories from real people about their experience driving electric. This blog refers to the different types of charging and plugs.

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Electric Cars Massachusetts Virginia Miles 79

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has selected the nonprofit, California-based Center for Sustainable Energy to administer a new incentive program aimed at increasing the number of zero-emission vehicles commonwealth residents own. Currently, Massachusetts residents drive more than 3,600 EVs.

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Massachusetts California Electric Vehicles Vehicles 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

An additional $2 million will be allocated to the Massachusetts Offers Rebates for Electric Vehicles (MOR-EV) program. The electric vehicle rebate program, administered by the Department of Energy Resources’ (DOER), offers rebates of up to $2,500 to Massachusetts residents who buy or lease electric vehicles.

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Electric Vehicles Massachusetts Vehicles Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

In December, the Patrick Administration awarded grants and announced new investments in three programs to support alternative fuel vehicles and related infrastructure across Massachusetts, including the launch of an electric school bus pilot. million in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds from the U.S.

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Alternative Fuels Massachusetts Vehicles Gasoline-Electric 261

Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 30, 2021

As mayors representing a diverse group of communities across Massachusetts, we are in a unique position to be on the front lines of how the big global issues manifest from block to block in our neighborhoods. One of the many ways we see this is in how our residents want to power their homes and businesses.

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Energy 89

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Massachusetts Lawyer Normal Maura Healey and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation are at odds over the subsequent steps in an ongoing lawsuit regarding updates to the state’s “proper to restore” Read more.

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Massachusetts Auto 52

Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 30, 2021

As mayors representing a diverse group of communities across Massachusetts, we are in a unique position to be on the front lines of how the big global issues manifest from block to block in our neighborhoods. One of the many ways we see this is in how our residents want to power their homes and businesses.

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Energy 73

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

Universal EV Chargers has also won grants in Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The pressure on Texas EV charging infrastructure will be even higher, however, when estimates include non-Texans driving EVs in the state.

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Texas Grant Universal North Carolina 353

Green Energy Consumers

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A few days ago, we posted a blog about the proposals by Massachusetts’ investor-owned?utility In the coming months, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will?deliberate utility companies (Eversource, National Grid, and?Unitil) Unitil) to expand their electric vehicle?(EV)?programs?through through 2025.

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Grid Massachusetts Electric Vehicles Electric 63

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

XL Hybrids announced that the company has been selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Operational Services Division (OSD), to be a vendor on the newly released Advanced Vehicle Technology statewide contract VEH102.

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Fleet Massachusetts Hybrid Available 150