As the Advanced Clean Truck Rule issue continues to impact all of us, please take a few minutes to ask your elected officials to support legislation that will delay this rule until the technology, infrastructure and cost are there to support it. This is a critical issue that we need everyone to chime in on.
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Transportation Association of Mass (ACT) Outreach #2

As a constituent, I am writing to ask for your cosponsorship of SD137 (Moore), HD811 (Puppolo) and/or HD1893 (Howitt) to delay the implementation of the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) rule, which went into effect on January 1, 2025, and the Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rule. These bills would delay the ACT and HDO rules until July 1, 2027 to allow for technology, infrastructure and cost to catch-up to these well-intentioned initiatives.

As it currently stands, the ACT rule unintentionally prevents the introduction of new, cleaner trucks on our roads today. Put simply, the technology and infrastructure for electric medium- and heavy-duty  trucks has not kept pace with these rules. Even if the infrastructure were ready, the cost of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks is too high, and their capabilities are not yet sufficient for our industry. Finally, the recent delay in the HDO rule did not address this issue; in fact, it did nothing to alleviate this crisis situation.

As highlighted in recent Boston Globe and WBZ/CBS articles, as well as a Fox25 Investigative report last month, the market for new, cleaner, and safer trucks has collapsed. ACT is having the exact opposite effect it had hoped to create. Older, dirtier trucks remain on our roads every day ACT stays in place. These articles and the history of the ACT rule can be found at www.actinma.org. Not only are we losing the chance to put cleaner trucks on the road, but the Commonwealth is also losing at least $30 million in sales and excise taxes.
 
Therefore, please cosponsor SD137 (Moore), HD811 (Puppolo), and/or HD1893 (Howitt) to delay the ACT and HDO Rules so that this initiative will have a chance to succeed when technology and infrastructure have caught up to these well-intentioned regulations.

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

Transportation Association of Mass (ACT) Outreach #2

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Dear Office Holder (names will be automatically added on each email),