SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1367        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1825

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joseph A. Boncore

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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 authorizing resiliency measures under commercial property assessed clean energy.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

 

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/26/2017

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/30/2017

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

2/3/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/3/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/3/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/3/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1367        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1825

By Mr. Boncore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1825) of Joseph A. Boncore, Carmine L. Gentile, Jason M. Lewis, Michael D. Brady and other members of the General Court for legislation to authorize resiliency measures under commercial property assessed clean energy.  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 authorizing resiliency measures under commercial property assessed clean energy.

 

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. Section 1 of Chapter 23M of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after “other conventional energy sources” the following:-

, or (3) participation in a district heating and cooling system by qualifying commercial or industrial real property, or (4) participation in a microgrid, including any related infrastructure for such microgrid, by qualifying commercial or industrial real property, provided such microgrid and any related infrastructure incorporate clean energy.

SECTION 2. Said Section 1 of Chapter 23M is hereby further amended by inserting the following definitions:-

“District heating and cooling system” means a local system consisting of a pipeline or network providing hot water, chilled water, or steam from one or more sources to multiple buildings.

“Microgrid”, a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy sources within clearly defined electrical boundaries that acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the grid and that connects and disconnects from such grid to enable it to operate in both grid connected and island mode.