BOSTON — The omnibus House energy bill will likely come in below Gov. Charlie Baker's proposal for hydropower procurement and below what the offshore wind industry wants to produce and sell to Massachusetts ratepayers, according to a House chairman working on the bill.
After a speech where House Speaker Robert DeLeo touted the House's efforts to keep down taxes and craft energy legislation that will moderate electricity costs, the co-chairman of the committee drafting the legislation said some decisions remain.
STATE HOUSE — The Baker administration on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of all state spending on "non-essential" goods and services in an array of categories, including outside consultants, leases and office equipment and computers.
The directive is part of an effort to balance this year's $38.4 billion state budget in the face of underperforming tax revenues and with only two months remaining in the fiscal year.
