Amendment ID: S2819-5-R1

Redraft Amendment 5

Offshore Wind

Mr. Cyr, Ms. DiZoglio, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Moore and Eldridge, Ms. Jehlen, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Moran, Mr. Pacheco, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Cronin and Lewis, Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Feeney, Brady and Montigny move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after the word “facilities”, in line 462, the following words:- “, including consideration of commercial, recreational and aboriginal fishing rights”; and

in said section 39, by inserting after the word “regional”, in line 464, the following words:- “and tribal”; and

in said section 39, by striking out the words “impacts; and (iii)”, in line 468, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “impacts, including through meaningful consultation with impacted environmental and socioeconomic stakeholders including federally-recognized tribes; and (iii) proposals that support workforce harmony by agreements with appropriate labor organizations; provided, however, that preference shall be given to such agreements that facilitate employment opportunities for members of federally-recognized tribes in the commonwealth, low-income and moderate-income employment opportunities for workers from underrepresented communities and certified minority-owned and women-owned small business enterprises;” and

by inserting after section 53 the following section:-

“SECTION 53A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of energy resources shall strive to achieve the goal of not less than 10,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity by not later than 2035, including capacity required by section 83C of chapter 169 of the acts of 2008, section 21 of chapter 227 of the acts 2018 and section 91 of chapter 8 of the acts of 2021, if it finds it is necessary to meet the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits established in chapter 21N of the General Laws. Not less than 180 days prior to initiating any process of acquiring capacity in addition to that authorized under said section 83C of said chapter 169, the department shall submit to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives a report on the department’s preferred method of soliciting additional offshore wind, including, but not limited to, an analysis of solicitation methods, and any modifications, under said section 83C of said chapter 169 and advantages and disadvantages of using or participating in regional or multi-state competitive market mechanisms or structures to facilitate the development of clean energy generation resources.”.