Renewable Energy Trust
5-Year Strategic Plan FY09-FY13
and FY09 Operational Plan
As part of Governor Deval Patrick’s vision of making Massachusetts a leader in clean energy sector development, the Governor and the Legislature enacted a wide-ranging program of energy and environmental legislation in 2008.
One of these new initiatives, the recently enacted Green Communities Act, provides a comprehensive framework for energy reform in the Commonwealth. It mandates a significant increase in the use of renewable energy as well as the deployment of energy efficiency measures.
The Green Communities Act modified the existing governance structure of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust to ensure a better alignment and coordination of its operations with the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, and refined the focus of the Trust’s activities to concentrate on renewable energy project development.
This 5-year strategic plan and annual operational plan for Fiscal Year 2009 chart a course to accelerated development and increased production of renewable energy in the Commonwealth. Going forward, the Trust’s mission will be focused on the bottom-line solutions needed to support the development and rapid implementation of renewable resources in the Commonwealth. The Trust will continue to work to generate the maximum environmental and economic benefits of renewable energy for the citizens of the Commonwealth.