Martha Coakley: ‘Green’ act costs $4B:Calls for Bay State power contracts to be competitively bid

The Boston Herald reports:

The Patrick administration’s clean energy agenda will shock Bay State ratepayers with $4 billion in extra costs tacked onto their electric bills over the next four years, the state’s top consumer protection advocate warned yesterday.

“We believe that more effort should be made to expose the true costs of energy, including costs that are often hidden as subsidies,” Attorney General Martha Coakley said at the start of a broad legislative inquiry into the Green Communities Act of 2008.

Great moments in Blue America.