Energy and Environment Working Group comments
Climate Resources Group was a proud signatory to the comments below to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Energy and Environment Working Group today.
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Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
101 Federal Street, 13th floor
Boston, MA 02110
Submitted via email: CannabisCommission@State.MA.US
September 14, 2018
Dear Cannabis Control Commission,
Thank you for the opportunity to provide comment to the Energy and Environment Working Group (EEWG). On September 11, 2018, Resource Innovation Institute, in partnership with Climate Resources Group, convened a Cannabis Energy Roundtable with stakeholders in the cannabis industry and those who provide services to them. This work is funded by a Massachusetts-based foundation, E4TheFuture. The discussion among cannabis operators, construction professionals, technology manufacturers, utilities and energy policy experts yielded mutually agreeable issues of interest for the EEWG’s consideration, described below. Over the course of the coming weeks, we anticipate recommending specific language on the following topics:
Clarity to current statutory language
There is confusion in the marketplace about how the terms “Growing space,” “Mature” and “Active” are used in the...