Massachusetts Enacts New Energy Bill Promoting Renewable Energy

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52974

A comprehensive energy policy that includes the development of renewables and energy-efficiency efforts is now a reality in the state of Massachusetts. Governor Deval Patrick signed the Green Communities Act on Wednesday, July 2. The bill includes provisions to encourage the development and use of renewable energy and energy-efficiency measures, both on a utility and residential level, through a number of programs and incentives.

"This new law puts Massachusetts in the lead nationally in crafting bold, comprehensive energy reform," said Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi. "This law will spark a significant increase in the use of renewable energy that will significantly curtail our use of fossil fuels, improve our environment and save us all money in the long run."

Barbara Hill, Executive Director of Clean Power Now, the group pushing to bring Cape Wind, an offshore wind farm to be located outside Nantucket Sound, welcomed the signing of the bill.

“This new bill provides much of what the overwhelming majority of Massachusetts citizens have been asking for — to make the Bay State a national clean power leader. Bravo to everyone who worked so long and hard to bring this to the Governor’s desk for signing," Hill said.

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it would be nice if any new "box stores" and other industrial buildings were required to be decently insulated. Conservation as well as new sources.

it goes hand in hand with alt energy.
Luckily we have the technology to do that too.

renewable energy.

It is reasonable to ask therefore why it's such an abysmal failure.

with I think a simple answer. Given any fuel it can be an a net energy producer of an energy sink. For example ethanol takes more energy to produce if you add up all the costs from crop fertilizer, to seed, to deisel to run the tractor and combine, to transport cost to distillation, etc.

You are in good company