Bill > H4515

This bill aims to advance the offshore wind and clean energy industries in Massachusetts. Key provisions include: - Establishing environmental and fisheries working groups to provide input on offshore wind project development and implementation. - Requiring the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to identify high-skill, high-demand occupations and make recommendations to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to help prepare the workforce. - Creating a Massachusetts Offshore Wind Industry Investment Program and Trust Fund to support offshore wind industry growth, manufacturing, workforce training, and infrastructure. - Providing tax incentives and credits for certified offshore wind companies that meet certain employment and investment targets. - Directing electric companies to develop plans to upgrade the electric distribution and transmission systems to enable increased renewable energy and electrification. - Establishing a Grid Modernization Advisory Council to review and provide recommendations on electric company plans. - Requiring the Department of Energy Resources to solicit and procure proposals for offshore wind transmission infrastructure. - Directing the Department of Energy Resources to study and potentially require distribution companies to procure long-duration and multi-day energy storage.

House Committee on Ways and Means (H), Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4515