Bill > S2175

This bill aims to empower residential housing property upgrades, homeowner savings, and a robust workforce. The key provisions include: 1. Establishing the Residential Energy Efficiency and Electrification Initiative, managed by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center, to develop a plan to retrofit at least 1 million homes in the state with energy-efficient and electrification upgrades over the next 10 years. 2. Prioritizing the retrofitting of homes in low-income and environmental justice communities, providing full financing for housing emissions audits, hazard remediation, and renovations in these areas. 3. Offering subsidies and zero-interest loans to support housing emissions renovations in homes not located in environmental justice communities but with lower than statewide median incomes. 4. Requiring housing emissions audits and hazard remediation before any home can receive an emissions renovation. 5. Directing $1 billion from the federal COVID-19 response fund to the Clean Energy Investment Fund to support the Residential Energy Efficiency and Electrification Initiative, as well as other clean energy research, workforce development, and infrastructure projects. 6. Authorizing the state agencies involved to seek additional federal funding and partner with outside entities like green banks to further the goals of the initiative. The bill aims to make homes more energy-efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector, while also providing financial assistance and workforce development to support these upgrades, particularly in underserved communities.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2175