Amendment ID: S2819-106-R1

Redraft Amendment 106

Energy Demand and Sustainability Working Group

Messrs. O'Connor, Timilty and Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 53 the following section:-

“SECTION 53A. The executive office of energy and environmental affairs shall study and report on the sustainability of the commonwealth’s energy portfolio in relation to achieving the greenhouse gas emission limits established in section 3 of chapter 21N of the General Laws. The study shall examine: (i) energy supply and demand; (ii) consumer affordability; and (iii) environmental impacts including, but not limited to, the environmental impacts of electricity generation, recent and ongoing electricity load and demand reports and the ability for portfolio standards to meet future energy demands. The executive office shall file its report with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy not later than December 31, 2023.”