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New panel charged with helping Massachusetts meet its renewable energy goals

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced the formation this week of a new panel charged with guiding the state’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The Energy Transformation Advisory Board includes representatives of labor, business, finance and environmental justice advocacy organizations as well as utilities, building owners and developers. The board will advise the newly established Office of Energy Transformation, which has been given the task of affordably and responsibly accelerating the state’s gas-to-electric transition and readying the electric grid to meet the state’s climate and clean energy mandates. Massachusetts a goal of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.