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Healy‑Driscoll House 1 funds climate resilience, clean energy and food security in Massachusetts
Summary
Secretary Rebecca Tepper and agency leaders told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that the governor’s House 1 budget (H1) would fund climate resilience, energy siting reforms, environmental justice, clean‑energy workforce programs and food security grants.
Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rebecca Tepper told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that the governor’s House 1 (H1) budget builds on the administration’s climate and equity priorities and provides money to meet the state’s net‑zero commitments.
Tepper opened her testimony saying the Secretariat’s mission succinctly: “We seek to protect, preserve, and enhance the state's environmental resources for all, and while ensuring an affordable clean energy future for all.” Her office described H1 as continuing the administration’s focus on resilience, equity and workforce development.
House 1 proposes direct funding for several priorities that Tepper highlighted to the committee. The testimony said H1 would allocate $3.6 million to the Department of Public Utilities and the Department of Energy Resources…
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