State talks green energy, but leaves production to neighbors

Massachusetts consumers want green energy, and several local utilities want to provide it.

The catch: finding that power in the commonwealth is next to impossible.

The reason for supply shortfall is largely political; many of the large-scale clean energy projects such as Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound and Hoosac Wind in Western Massachusetts have been mired in controversy and bureaucracy, forcing local utilities to look out of state for renewable energy sources.

MSNBC