HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2527        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2698

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kenneth I. Gordon

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act protecting ratepayers from gas pipeline expansion costs.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/19/2017

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/2/2017

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

1/19/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/19/2017

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

1/19/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/19/2017

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/19/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/19/2017

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/19/2017

Dylan Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/19/2017

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/19/2017

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Solomon Goldstein-Rose

3rd Hampshire

1/19/2017

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/19/2017

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/19/2017

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/19/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/19/2017

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/19/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/19/2017

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

1/19/2017

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

1/19/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/19/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/19/2017

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

1/19/2017

Adrian Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/19/2017

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

1/19/2017

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

1/19/2017

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

1/19/2017

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

1/19/2017

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/19/2017

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/19/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

1/19/2017

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/19/2017

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

1/19/2017

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/19/2017

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/19/2017

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/19/2017

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

1/19/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/19/2017

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

1/19/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/19/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/19/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/19/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/19/2017

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

1/19/2017

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/19/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/19/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2527        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2698

By Mr. Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2698) of Kenneth I. Gordon and others for legislation to prohibit companies from charging ratepayers for the construction or expansion of interstate gas infrastructure.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act protecting ratepayers from gas pipeline expansion costs.

 

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

Section 94A of chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding, at the end the existing section, the following text:

Notwithstanding anything set forth herein, the department shall not approve any contract for the purchase of gas, gas pipeline capacity or liquefied gas storage where any contract costs would be recoverable from the ratepayers, if such contract requires any construction or expansion of interstate gas infrastructure.