Press Release: 5/14/2025

Sierra Club Response to Governor Healey’s Energy Affordability Bill

 

May 13, 2025

Bianca Sanchez, bianca.sanchez@sierraclub.org

BOSTON - Massachusetts will likely see utility rates change under proposed legislation introduced today with the support of Governor Maura Healey. Though advocates on the ground support key parts of what is included in the bill, concerns remain about the extent of the reforms and what it stops short of achieving.

In response, Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter Director Vick Mohanka released the following statement: 

"The bill stops short of doing what is needed to deliver on the promise of sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy in Massachusetts. We'll only see real change when we're willing to take a serious look at gas utilities' books. The current system puts utility profits over the interests of every day people. That must change. There is no energy reform without addressing reckless overspending and exploitative profit margins."

About the Sierra Club

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