The Fiscal Alliance Foundation today called on the Healey administration to immediately release a state-commissioned analysis examining the cost of achieving Massachusetts' net-zero emissions mandate by 2050.

According to a report published this week by CommonWealth Beacon, the administration commissioned a study to determine the financial investments required to meet the state's net-zero goals. The study was expected to be completed by the end of 2024 but remains under review and has been withheld from public disclosure.

Massachusetts taxpayers deserve to know the cost of the policies being proposed in their name. If this study is informing policy decisions, it should be available for public scrutiny.

"The Healey administration cannot ask families and businesses to accept higher energy costs, electrification mandates, and major changes to the state's energy system while withholding the price tag from the public. If this report is being used to shape policy, taxpayers have every right to see it," said Paul Diego Craney, Executive Director of the Fiscal Alliance Foundation.

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation has released several comprehensive analyses of New England's energy future, including a study estimating that achieving current decarbonization mandates would cost more than $415 billion in Massachusetts and approximately $815 billion across New England. The study also found that the renewables-heavy pathway could significantly increase electricity costs while creating serious reliability challenges for the region's electric grid.

"Unlike the Healey administration, we released our findings publicly for everyone to evaluate and debate. The public deserves the same transparency from state government. If the administration believes its climate policies are affordable, it should release the study and let the facts speak for themselves,” said Craney.

The Foundation urged the administration to make the report public immediately and allow residents, lawmakers, and ratepayers to evaluate the costs and tradeoffs associated with the Commonwealth's net-zero mandate.