Climate activists want to blame anything other than green energy on the soaring utility bill of Americans – What about Watt?

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Audrey Streb
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The Massachusetts Alliance of Climate Activists Groups sent a letter to government officials on March 18 to deal with the high utility costs about energy bills, although several renewable energy projects in the state have been increasing utility costs in the region for years.

Six environmental groups, including the Massachusetts Sierra Club and Heetlabs, sent the letter to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey and Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rebecca Tepper. The letter includes regulations requiring lower energy bills.

Massachusetts has historically supported several expensive green energy projects that have been found to increase utility costs, including offshore wind farms such as Vineyard Wind and Waste Corner Wind Projects. The Bay State plans to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions from 2050 to 2050, a goal that has also been supported by the Biden administration, reaching $3 trillion.

“The sharp surge in heating fees throughout the Commonwealth has been a shock and burden on the economy for customers in January and February,” the letter begins. “This spike has caused real pain and has been captured by climate deniers and opponents of clean energy.” (Related: One of the most expensive green idiots in the United States may be offline after sucking subsidies and incineration of birds)

Letter about gasoline prices, Boston 25 to Maulah Healy

“In 2023 alone, Massachusetts gas customers will charge $160 million to connect additional buildings with gas systems, with the average cost per new customer being the infrastructure that serves those customers only,” the letter continued.

The letter calls for faster action to lower utility bills, outlining the first step is to reduce infrastructure spending unless “financially appropriate.”

The document also claims that local “gas companies are charging taxpayers their lobbying, advertising and other fees,” through “loopholes.” It also noted that, in accordance with the requirements of “reform service obligations”, “the Climate Act of 2024 shows that natural gas utilities are no longer forced to provide customers with alternatives to distributed gas.”

The letter included steps to reduce energy costs, prompting critics to point out the Sierra Club’s expensive energy policy goals. According to its website, by 2050, the Sierra Club advocates 100% clean energy. The Energy Institute wrote that it would cost trillions of dollars to achieve this, citing research by Wood Mackenzie and the American Action Forum, which estimates that the policy with the Green New Deal is unrealistic and expensive.

Vick Mohanka, chapter director of the Massachusetts chapter of Sierra Club, told Boston 25 News. “That’s 100% of our bills and we’re paying more profits in that regard than other states,” she said.

This chapter considers its status as a “leader” in “responding to climate change.” “Massachusetts has been ranked No. 1 in all states for four consecutive years,” the organization's website reads. The state is “one of the first states to pass radical climate change goals.”

The Massachusetts Sierra Club did not respond to DCNF's request for comment.

We need hundreds of millions of dollars in the weather and the infrastructure necessary to avoid climate change, rather than a bipartisan bill with climate deniers. #noclimatenodeal. pic.twitter.com/ndeh2xxchz

-Sierra Club (@sierraclub) June 23, 2021

“Every year, natural gas utilities spend more than $1 billion in lieu of methane aging in Massachusetts, and these costs are increasingly being passed to consumers at an increased rate of delivery, meaning some residents are being spent over $400 even before using any gasoline,” a Heetlabs spokesman wrote to DCNF. “Governor Healy and the Massachusetts Legislature can reduce consumer losses by paying for such utility spending.”

The spokesperson also noted that research from our world, E&E News, Bloomberg, Elena, Trade Economics and Nuveen may indicate that renewable energy is a “safe and sustainable” energy supply.

A spokesman for Healy's office told Boston 25 News: “The energy costs in Massachusetts are too high and Gov. Healy is focused on letting them down.”

“Governor Healey has taken action to lower people’s bills by $220 million in March and April, and her plan will save nearly $6 billion for electric and gas customers over the next five years,” they continued. “She also agreed that more needs to be done. Governor Healey will introduce legislation in the coming weeks to further reduce costs, and she thanks everyone for their ideas and advocacy on this important issue.”

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and Healy's Office did not respond to DCNF's request for comment.

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