The winter heating season might be over, but Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey threw another log on the Legislature’s fire with a sweeping and long-awaited energy efficiency bill.
The plan, unveiled Tuesday in Leominster, would, among other things, eliminate or significantly reduce charges on energy bills.
It also would open the door to new nuclear energy technologies and make nuts-and-bolts changes to electricity procurement and supply practices in an attempt to save ratepayers $10 billion over a decade.
The legislation further would allow the state to directly procure its energy. That would eliminate the fees the state pays utilities for entering into those contracts.
And it would “explore cutting-edge nuclear technologies,” the governor’s office said.
It also seeks to reduce the value of net metering credits for new and large solar hookups or other facilities that transfer energy back to the grid in exchange for a bill…
