Grant Program Increase Efficiency/Renewables

To coordinate efforts to reach Vermonts goal of achieving 90 percent renewable energy and efficiency by 2050.

To facilitate investments in energy efficiency and clean energy at hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and recruit them as health care champions for clean energy policies.

To develop and accelerate clean energy policies and market adoption of clean energy across New England.

To advance deployment of electric vehicles in the eight states that have signed the Zero Emission Vehicle agreement, with particular focus on the four states from New England.

To conduct electric vehicle test drive events at major corporate campuses throughout Massachusetts in order to raise visibility for these vehicles, encourage purchases, and promote workplace charging facilities.

To commission an independent study to verify the success of its utility energy efficiency programs in order to generate a larger base of utility clients.

To continue the Solarize program in Connecticut and expand the model to Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

To continue the Solarize program in the Upper Valley.

To make solar power a mainstream energy solution across the Northeast by lowering its cost and increasing accessibility. In the short term the goals are to establish favorable shared solar and net metering rules in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont; and…

To support the Corporate and Labor Alliance to Fight Climate Change, which will involve the business community in efforts to achieve aggressive climate and clean energy solutions in Massachusetts.