Lawmakers and advocates on all sides of the climate issue are gearing up again after the holiday slumber to advance a contentious energy affordability bill that left Beacon Hill scrambling during the waning days of last year’s session.

House leaders are now planning a rare series of closed-door meetings for lawmakers next week totaling six hours divided between two days to discuss the path forward for legislation aimed at lowering the costs of energy that have animated residents across the state, according to an invitation viewed by CommonWealth Beacon.

Those meetings will be led by Rep. Mark Cusack, a Democrat from Braintree who co-chairs the Telecommunications, Energy, and Utilities Committee, and House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz. House Speaker Ron Mariano also plans to be in attendance, according to his spokesperson, Ana Vivas.

The discussions will occur as the House looks to hash out the details of a complicated and sweeping policy proposal first kicked off by Gov. Maura Healey, who introduced her landmark energy affordability bill last spring after soaring energy costs prompted an outcry from residents around the state that continues to reverberate around the State House.

The political pressure to lower energy prices in the Bay State, home to the third-highest electricity costs in the country and rising gas bills, has only intensified since then and will likely continue to escalate in an election year for both Healey and the Legislature.

That pressure is coming from all corners.

Cusack in November rewrote much of Healey’s original bill to use it as a vehicle to weaken the state’s ambitious 2030 climate commitments amid consternation about President Trump’s moves to rescind permits for clean power infrastructure. Cusack’s measure would also cut Mass Save, the state’s energy efficiency program, and reduce the amount of green energy that utilities are required to procure. That bill, which cleared his committee, exposed divisions within the Democratic supermajority and triggered a fierce backlash from environmental advocates.

While Michlewitz threw cold water on touching the underlying climate goals and House leadership declined to rush Cusack’s legislation to a floor vote before lawmakers broke for the year, other pieces of the bill appear to be alive.

There is genuine appetite among House lawmakers to cut or cap the Mass Save budget, according to one industry lobbyist and one lobbyist representing environmental groups, both of whom were granted anonymity to discuss the ongoing legislative negotiations.