A legislative measure sponsored by State Representative Mark Cusack is aimed at rendering the 2030 climate commitments null. According to a CommonWealth Beacon report by Jordan Wolman (November 10, 2025), Cusack, who co-chairs the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy, aims to “save money and adjust to the reality with clean energy” by pushing mandates off the table. The state’s goal to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels would become “advisory in nature and unenforceable.”
Wolman writes: “Cusack’s measure would cap the budget for the state’s energy efficiency program, Mass Save, at $4 billion, marking a $500 million cut from its current budget as approved by the Department of Public Utilities.
The bill would even reduce the already-approved Mass Save budget by more than $300 million over the course of three years until 2027, with a focus on trimming the money that Mass Save spends on marketing and advertising. The program upgrades homes with heat pump installations and weatherization through a collaboration among the state’s utility companies, but it has become a contentious point in the state’s affordability debates because it is funded by ratepayers and appears as a line item on electric bills.”
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