Massachusett’s efforts towards developing a Clean Peak Energy Standard

On August 9, 2018, Massachusetts passed An Act to Advance Clean Energy, which requires the Dept. of Energy Resources to develop a program requiring retail electricity providers to meet a baseline minimum percentage of sales with qualified clean peak resources that dispatch or discharge electricity to the electric distribution system during seasonal peak periods, or alternatively, reduces load on said system.

Throughout 2019-20, Massachusetts worked to develop a Clean Peak Standard, which would be the first in the nation.

In March 2020, the Dept. of Energy Resources filed its Clean Peak Standard regulations with the appropriate committees at the state legislature.

In July 2020, The Dept. of Energy Resources published its final regulation on the Clean Peak Standard.