Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Eversource Energy provides detailed and specific information on every aspect of its climate-related lobbying. It names multiple pieces of legislation and regulatory programmes it has worked on, including “An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy”, the Massachusetts Green Communities Act, Public Act No. 13-298 in Connecticut, the statewide 2022-2024 Energy Efficiency Plan, and the company’s own Electric Sector Modernization Plan prepared under “An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind”, as well as its work on the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plans for 2035 and 2050. The company also explains how it seeks to influence these measures, citing direct participation in the Implementation Advisory Committee for the Global Warming Solutions Act, engagement with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities through workshops, technical review sessions and formal ESMP filings, work “with legislators and advocates through the committee process”, and ongoing dialogue via bodies such as the Grid Mod Advisory Council, Equity Working Group, New England Clean Energy Council, and several state energy-efficiency boards. These descriptions clearly identify both the mechanisms (committee membership, formal submissions, public hearings, stakeholder workshops and association advocacy) and the policymaking targets (state lawmakers, the Massachusetts DPU, the Administration, and technical standards groups). Finally, Eversource is explicit about the outcomes it is pursuing. It supports provisions that allow a utility to own “up to 10 percent of the total installed solar generating capacity” in Massachusetts, seeks “policy enhancements to help cost-effectively make the grid upgrades necessary to enable an increase in solar interconnections”, and sets measurable objectives such as a 180 % rise in hosting capacity for electrification, enabling 2.5 million electric vehicles, installing 1 million heat pumps, and integrating 5.8 GW of solar. It also emphasises continued leadership in the 2022-2024 Energy Efficiency Plan and expansion of electric-vehicle infrastructure. By clearly linking these desired policy changes and capacity targets to specific statutes and regulatory proceedings, the company demonstrates a high level of transparency about what it is lobbying for, how it is doing so, and why. | 4 |