Planning Meeting #4 Updates: November, 2023

We were happy to see those who could join us at the Commonwealth Climate Coalition's Planning Meeting #4, including surprise guest Chairman Jeff Roy, MA Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, & Energy.

Key takeaways from our Tuesday meeting include:

• The power of Zero-Based Goal Setting affirmatively expressed (i.e. 100% clean electricity) when leading complex organizations or complex systems

• Exemplified by the remarkable success of the RE100 movement in corporate America

• As further exemplified by Candidate Maura Healy and President Joe Biden’s smart commitments to 100% clean electricity (Healey by 2030, Biden by 2035)

• Other states' leadership: NJ Governor Phil Murphy's commitment to 100% clean electricity by 2035

• The CCC's opportunity to help Governor Healey bring forward 100% clean electricity by 2035 to organize MA's move to leadership in the clean energy revolution

• The need for a tight focus on clean electricity to transform the grid in preparation for full electrification of the energy system

We are delighted to add, at his request, Mike Mattera, Director of Corporate Sustainability & ESG Officer at Akamai Technologies, as a delegate following this meeting. This was the fourth and final Planning Meeting; we are looking forward to the first Formal Meeting of the CCC on December 5th at the UMass Club.