So, I received two pieces of misinformation about Mass Save from vermiculite abatement services.
- Sam told me that once an assessment is done by Mass Save, whoever the assessor is gets to limit which contractors you get to use for things like insulation installation, vermiculite abatement, and heat pump installation. I just called, and you're allowed to use anyone on the Mass Save's list, not on a particular assessor's list.
- Marc (or possibly Dave from the same company) told me that I shouldn't bother getting an assessment first because the assessor will just stop as soon as they see the vermiculite in the attic.
I don't know if the misinforming was intentional or not. I suspect that they believe these things to be true and didn't try to hard to verify because they are convenient beliefs for them.