Affordability has become the new watchword in American politics and an emerging House energy bill marks a sharp shift away from the clean energy thrust of recent state laws and elevates pocketbook issues that are also on the minds of ratepayers and businesses.

Citing federal actions that are impeding the state’s clean energy transition, House Democrats have assembled an omnibus bill that appears to represent a response to Gov. Maura Healey’s energy affordability bill (H 4144).

The measure is sparking a backlash from clean energy advocates who have helped shape state climate laws.

House members of the Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee face a Wednesday deadline to vote on the 105-section bill, sponsored by Braintree Democrat Mark Cusack, that would tie clean energy transi

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