SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1991        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1495

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Regarding Mutual Assistance Agreements..

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

SECTION 1.  Chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 1H the following new section:-

Section 1I.  The department shall, on an annual basis, review the mutual assistance agreements of each distribution, transmission and gas distribution company conducting business in the commonwealth; provided further, that in each agreement the company shall first offer mutual assistance to other companies in the commonwealth prior to offering such mutual assistance to another state.