August 5, 2022 • SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER!
Shave The Peak
right now.
It's already working!

“Man, it’s a hot one, like seven inches from the midday sun.”*

Just like the classic tune, and just like yesterday, we’re heading into peak electric use territory this evening. Yesterday, even Pittsfield’s “Pittsfield Generating” peaker plant started to fire up in anticipation of high demand on the grid.

As you can see from this real-time chart from ISO-New England, though, we’re not hitting as much demand as was projected for today, and as folks start to #ShaveThePeak, demand is already dropping as of 4:55 PM!

Even this lower amount of actual use (yellow line), is enough to bring the dirtiest peakers into service. We can keep it below projections if we all pitch in to #ShaveThePeak. As we continue through a string of hot days, cutting energy use between 5 and 8 pm helps cut down our dependence on these high-pollution, inefficient peakers plants.

» See the latest post from Green Energy Consumers Alliance on how to go about it! It can be as simple as turning up the temp on your AC by a few degrees and avoid using your appliances until after 8 pm.

*”Smooth” by Santana, ft. Rob Thomas, written by Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas
Mass Climate Bill's Final Act
Don't forget to contact Gov. Baker and tell him to pass the climate bill!

It was a hard struggle to get the bill to the finish line, and Baker tried to get some bad provisions in, like letting biomass plants get renewable energy subsidies. He did, however, add great provisions for for building decarbonization. The legislature managed to trim out the bad, add in the good and hand back a strong climate bill that specializes in one of his favorite projects - Wind Power!

Now it's Baker's time to shine and do the right thing

Call his office at 617-725-4005

Or use this great letter-writing form from Mass Climate Action Network
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