Massachusetts needs an extra 3.4 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2020 that can not and will not come from electric sector renewable and efficiency programs as they are currently written. (synapse-energy.com)
The alternative would results in little or no reduction in electric sector carbon dioxide emissions because the carbon dioxide emissions profile of prematurely retired power supply resources is less than or equal to the emissions profile of the replacement power resources. (carlineconomics.com)