Committees

Committees or subcommittees of the Council are sometimes established to perform specific acts or functions at the Council’s direction, providing an additional level of scrutiny and consideration for Council priorities. Current Council committees and subcommittees are those listed below.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee, as a subcommittee of the Council, provides a mechanism for Council members to engage within the limits set by the Council by‐laws and the overall statutory framework of the Green Communities Act on consultant oversight and other matters. Specific responsibilities include:

• Manage Council Consultants; procurement, compensation and general oversight and address operational administrative matters regarding Council consultant.
• Identify ways to enhance efficiencies in the Council’s activities.
• Act as a sounding board for Council on emerging issues and initiatives.
• Make recommendations and report to the full Council on actions and activities of the Committee.

 The Executive Committee developed a Charter that guides its activities. It meets monthly and posts minutes of all meetings and proceedings.

Members

As of May 2023

Commissioner Elizabeth Mahony, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Amy Boyd, Acadia Center

Jo Ann Bodemer, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General

Greg Abbe, Residential Representative

Dennis Villanueva, Business and Large Commercial & Industrial End Users

Emmett Lyne, Rich May, P.C.

Meeting Minutes

Equity Working Group

As part of the 2022-2024 Three-Year Planning process, members of the EEAC have established an Equity Working Group to discuss how the Massachusetts energy efficiency programs can more equitably serve residents and businesses. The Equity Working Group is now a subcommittee of the Council.

The Equity Working Group developed a Charter that guides its activities. It meets monthly and posts minutes of all meetings and proceedings.

Meeting Minutes

STATEWIDE DATABASE SUBCOMMITTEE

The objectives, goals, and responsibilities of the Energy Efficiency Database Subcommittee are articulated in its Charter.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued its “DPU Response to Data Privacy and Data Security Issues Related to the Statewide Energy Efficiency Database” on December 1, 2014. On February 20, 2015 the DPU issued its ruling on the Program Administrators’ Request to Stay the Compliance Filing.

The complete set of orders and documents for the DPU’s Statewide Energy Efficiency Database docket can be located by going to  web1.env.state.ma.us/DPU/FileRoom/dockets/bynumber and entering in Docket Number 14-141.

Meeting Minutes

Progress

The full EEAC passed a resolution to hire Energy Platforms, LLC, to undertake the following scope:

• Facilitate a statewide database working group consisting of representatives from the DOER, EEAC, the PAs, and DPU.
• Develop a “Requirements Specification” for the statewide database.
• Provide a cost estimate and suggested timeline for developing the statewide database.

Energy Platforms, LLC completed both the requirement specification and cost-estimate and timeline.

DEMAND REDUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE

Charter

Initial Report of the Demand Savings Group (3-31-16)

Beginning May 2017, Meeting Materials for the Demand Savings Group are being posted here.