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Air Force urges exemption for military installations from renewable caps to meet resilience mandates
Summary
Major Josiah Bragg of the Department of the Air Force testified that Senate Bill 2232 should exempt federal military installations from state renewable production caps and net‑metering limits so bases can meet statutory resilience and mission‑assurance requirements; he cited proposed plans for roughly 12 megawatts at Hanscom Air Force Base.
Major Josiah Bragg, a judge advocate and regional environmental counsel for the Department of the Air Force, told the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy that federal military installations should be exempt from state renewable production caps and net‑metering limitations so they can achieve statutorily required energy resilience.
Bragg testified remotely for the Air Force and identified Senate Bill 2,232 (in transcript rendered as "2232") as the vehicle that would add a new subsection to M.G.L. c.164 to exempt federal military installations from those limits. "Planned and potential solar…
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