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Council advances creation of grant‑funded Energy Advocate to boost Mass Save participation
Summary
The Ordinance Committee voted to send ordinance 4‑84‑25 establishing a grant‑funded "Energy Advocate" to the full council, pending city‑attorney language. Presenters said a Mass Save grant of $256,500 will fund outreach to roughly 700–800 landlord properties and target renters and households heated by electric or oil systems.
The Lawrence Ordinance Committee voted Jan. 13 to send an ordinance creating an Energy Advocate position to the full council with a favorable recommendation, pending the city attorney’s drafting of formal ordinance language.
Daniel McCarthy, the city’s planning director, and Anil (Mass Save program representative) told the committee the position is funded by a Mass Save grant (presenters reported $256,500) and will be housed in the Office of Planning and Development (OPD). The Energy Advocate will be a city…
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