Chapter 179, An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind

An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind Legislative History Memorandum

1. Procedural History and Bill Versions

• An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind – Acts of 2022 Chapter 179
• S2227
• H3294
• H3302
• H3310
• H3313
• H3328
• H4348
• H4348 Bill Summary
• H4515
• H4515 Amendments
• H4515 Bill Summary
• S1333
• S2130
• S2145
• S2150
• S2180
• S2192
• S2197
• S2203
• S2220
• S590
• S2738
• S2819
• S2842
• H4524
• H4524 Bill Summary
• S2842
• H5060

2. Committee Documents

• Representative Jeffrey Roy – The State of Offshore Wind in Massachusetts: Report and Recommendations
• Representative Jeffrey Roy – Offshore Wind Policy in Massachusetts Presentation
• Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Recommendation on H4348
• Committee on Ways and Means Recommendation on H4348, Substituting H4515
• Amendments
  • HB 5060 Amendment Sheet (part 1)
  • HB 5060 Amendment Sheet (part 2)
  • SB 2819 Amendment Sheet
  • H4515
    • H4515 Amendment #1 – Kearney – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #2 – Cabral – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #3 – Cabral – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #4 – Cabral – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #5 – Kearney – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #6 – Ferrante – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #7 – Ferrante – AMENDED
    • H4515 Amendment #7 as changed – Ferrante – ADOPTED
    • H4515 Amendment #8 – Ferrante – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #9 – Jones – ADOPTED
    • H4515 Amendment #10 – Miranda – AMENDED
    • H4515 Amendment #10 as changed – Miranda – ADOPTED
    • H4515 Amendment #11 – Jones – REJECTED
    • H4515 Amendment #12 – Jones – REJECTED
    • H4515 Amendment #13 – Kearney – AMENDED
    • H4515 Amendment #13 as changed – Kearney – ADOPTED
    • H4515 Amendment #14 – Pease – REJECTED
    • H4515 Amendment #15 – Vitolo – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #16 – Vitolo – AMENDED
    • H4515 Amendment #16 as changed – Vitolo – ADOPTED
    • H4515 Amendment #17 – Robinson – AMENDED
    • H4515 Amendment #17 as changed – Robinson – ADOPTED
    • H4515 Amendment #18 – Robinson – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #19 – Kearney – WITHDRAWN
    • H4515 Amendment #20 – Tech – ADOPTED
    • Roy Statement on Pease Amendment
• Amber Hewett Testimony for H3310
• Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Feedback on H3310
• RENEW Northeast Testimony for H4348
• Multi-Stakeholder Written Testimony on H4348
• Environmental League of Massachusetts – Economic Inclusion in Offshore Wind
• Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Research
  • Environmental League of Massachusetts – Response to The State of Offshore Wind in Massachusetts Report
  • The State of Offshore Wind in Massachusetts (Research Report to the Speaker (public version))
• Hearings
  • S2130 Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Hearing – July 28, 2021
  • S2145 Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Hearing – Dec. 7, 2021
  • H4204 Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Hearing – Jan. 11, 2022

3. Floor Documents & Conference Committee Documents

• House Journal – Monday, Jan. 24, 2022
• House Journal – Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022
• House Journal – Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022
• House Journal – Thursday, May 5, 2022
• House Journal – Thursday, July 21, 2022
• House Journal – Friday, July 29, 2022
• House Journal – Sunday, July 31, 2022
• Senate Journal – Monday, Mar. 7, 2022
• Senate Journal – Thursday, April 7, 2022
• Senate Journal – Thursday, April 14, 2022
• Senate Journal – Thursday, May 5, 2022
• Senate Roll Call – S2819 Amendment 4
• Senate Roll Call – S2819 Amendment 6
• Senate Roll Call – S2819 Amendment 57
• Senate Roll Call – S2819 Amendment 84
• Senate Roll Call – S2819 Amendment 123
• Senate Roll Call – S2819 Adoption of the Amendment
• Conference Committee Recommends Passing H5060
• H5060 Summary
• House Roll Call – H5060 Acceptance of Conference Committee Report
• House Roll Call – H5060 Suspension of the Rules
• House Roll Call – H5060 On Enactment
• Senate Roll Call – H5060 Acceptance of Conference Committee Report
• Senate Roll Call – H5060 Suspension of the Rules
• Rep. Roy Floor Speech – H4515
• House Roll Call – H4515 Amendment 14
• House Roll Call – H4515 On Engrossment
• House Creates Conference Committee for H4524
• Senate Appoints Conference Committee Members for H4524
• Senate Roll Call – H4525 On Engrossment
• Stakeholder Letters
  • Thirteen Organizations Written Testimony for H4524
  • FirstLight Power Written Testimony for H4524
  • American Superconductor Corporation Written Testimony for H4524, S2819
  • Avangrid Renewables Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Black Economic Council of Massachusetts Written Testimony for S4524, S2842
  • Brookfield Renewable Written Testimony for H4524
  • Clean Fuels Alliance America & Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • ChargePoint Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Clean Energy Venture Management Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Conservation Law Foundation Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Environmental League of Massachusetts Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Form Energy Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Green Future Now Coalition Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Hunt Companies Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Massachusetts Business and Institutional Community Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Metropolitan Area Planning Council Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Mass Power Forward Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Massachusetts Municipal Association Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • NAIOP Massachusetts Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • National Grid Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Nexamp Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Orsted Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Coalition Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Sierra Club Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Coalition for Community Solar Access, Solar Energy Business Association of New England, & Mass Solar Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • UMass Amherst Geosciences Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Vote Solar Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Massachusetts Environmental Justice Table Written Testimony for S2842
  • One-Hundred Organizations Written Testimony for S2842
  • CleanChoice Energy Written Testimony for S2842
  • Fairmount Indigo Transit Coalition Written Testimony for S2842
  • Green Energy Consumers Alliance Written Testimony for S2842
  • Good Wood Coalition Written Testimony for S2842
  • Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation Written Testimony for S2842
  • Mayor Jonathan Mitchell, City of New Bedford Written Testimony for S2842
  • Mansfield Municipal Electric Department Written Testimony for S2842
  • Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association Written Testimony for S2842
  • New England Gas Workers Alliance Written Testimony for S2842
  • Nuveen Green Capital Written Testimony for S2842
  • Partnership for Policy Integrity Written Testimony for S2842
  • UMass Amherst Clean Energy Extension Written Testimony for S2842
  • Zero Carbon Written Testimony for S2842
  • Zero Carbon Talking Points on S2842
  • Zero-Emission Vehicles Written Testimony for S2842
  • Liberty Utilities Written Testimony for S2819
  • Climate Action Now, Western Mass Written Testimony For Climate Bill
  • Elders Climate Action, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Climate Action Now Western Mass Written Testimony For Building Decarbonization
  • Environmentalists Multi-Stakeholder Written Testimony for Solar Energy
  • Massachusetts Catholic Conference Written Testimony For Climate Bill
  • Sierra Club Members Written Testimony for Climate Bill
  • Sysco Corporation Written Testimony for Incentives for Commercial Transportation Electrification 
  • Transportation for Massachusetts Written Testimony for Climate Bill
  • Massachusetts Transportation, Climate, and Equity Table Written Testimony for Climate Bill
  • POWER-US H4348, S2842
  • RENEW Northeast Comparison of Massachusetts Clean Energy Legislation and Positions
  • Springfield City Council Resolution in Opposition to State Subsidies & Incentives-Biomass Plants
  • Plumbing Groups
    • Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors of Massachusetts Written Testimony on Senate Climate Bill
    • Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 12 Written Testimony on Senate Climate Bill
    • Pipefitters’ Association Local Union 537 Written Testimony on Senate Climate Bill
    • New England Mechanical Contractors Association Written Testimony on Senate Climate Bill
    • Greater Boston PCA Written Testimony on Senate Climate Bill
    • Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors Association, Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 12, New England Mechanical Contractors Association, & Plumbing Heating and Cooling Contractors of Massachusetts Written Testimony for H4524, S2842
  • Northeast Clean Energy Council
    • Northeast Clean Energy Council Written Testimony for Climate Bill Conferees
    • Northeast Clean Energy Council Written Testimony Appendix

4. Executive Action Documents

• H5141 (Gov. Baker Amendment to H5060)
• Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association Written Testimony for H5060
• Message From Governor Recommending Legislation (H4204)
• Petition from Governor for Legislation Sent to Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (H4204)
• H5060 Summary

5. Press Reports (links only)

• An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind Timeline and Articles
• Offshore Wind is the Future for Massachusetts
• Baker Signs Major Massachusetts Climate Bill Despite Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Limits, Other Provisions
• What to Know About the New Mass. Climate Law
• Massachusetts Just Passed a Massive Climate and Clean Energy Bill
• How Will Two New Climate Laws Impact Massachusetts?
• Massachusetts Governor Signs Major Climate Bill Into Law
• Legislature Passes Climate and Clean Energy Bill
• Summary of H5060: An Act driving clean energy and offshore wind
• Gov. Charlie Baker Signs Major Climate Bill Into Law
• State House News Service: Clean Energy Center Adjusts to New Responsibilities
• State House News Service: Baker Punctuates Formal Session’s End By Signing Clean Energy Bill
• State House News Service: Baker Stressing Over One Piece of Climate Bill
• State House News Service: Senate Session Summary – Monday, Aug. 8, 2022
• State House News Service: Baker Returns Climate Bill With “Major Rewrite”
• State House News Service: With Climate Bill, Senate Starts ‘Traveling Down the Road’ to Net-Zero
• State House News Service: Baker, Negotiators Eye Path To Energy Bill Deal
• State House News Service: House Wind Bill Faces Headwinds From Baker
• State House News Service: Seas Growing Rough Amidst Growing Offshore Wind Focus
• State House News Service: Early-Afternoon Briefs: House Ready on Offshore Wind, Wu’s Residential Protest Plan
• State House News Service: House Rallying Behind New Supporters For Offshore Wind
• State House News Service: Climate Policy Sent Back to Baker With Sweeteners
• State House News Service: House Session Summary – Thursday, July 21, 2022
• State House News Service: Afternoon Briefs: Senate Climate Bill, “Optimistic” About Pot Bill, Women’s Rights Trail
• State House News Service: Senate Plan Pours $250 Mil Into Decarbonization Movement
• State House News Service: Morning Briefs: GOP Climate Plan, STEM Capacity Boost
• State House News Service: Senate Session Summary – Thursday, April 28, 2022

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