Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The town of West Stockbridge, acting through the board of selectmen or its designee, is hereby authorized to install hyrdroelectric power generating equipment at the Shaker Mill dam site, provide and operate the required transmission lines, produce electrical power at said site, sell such power to a local utility which shall be required to purchase said power at rates approved by the department of public utilities, lease or otherwise rent the site and all its hydroelectric equipment, acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, such hydroelectric equipment and transmission lines as may be required at the site to produce and transmit electrical power, establish a special fund for receipt and disbursement of money relating to the operation of a hydroelectric power generating site, and have any and all powers necessary for the production, transmission and sale of electrical power.