The Attorney General’s Office of Energy and Ratepayer Advocacy Division is launching a program looking to give marginalized communities a say in how clean energy projects will affect them. The program is part of Gov. Maura Healey’s climate bill signed into law last month.
Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper said in a press roundtable on Monday that the Healey administration is working on regulations over the next year to create and manage a grant program funded mainly through utilities assessments with up to $3.5 million available annually.
Jessica Freedman, an assistant attorney general in the division, said the Intervener Support program is intended to fulfill the needs of these communities where the projects are taking place…