SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1632        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1846

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James B. Eldridge

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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 relative to solar power and the green economy.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/6/2017

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/24/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/25/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/26/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/26/2017

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

1/26/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/26/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/27/2017

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

1/30/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/30/2017

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex

1/30/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/31/2017

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

2/1/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

2/1/2017

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2017

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

2/1/2017

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

2/2/2017

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/2/2017

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

2/2/2017

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/3/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/3/2017

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

2/3/2017

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/3/2017

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

2/3/2017

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

6/14/2017

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

10/3/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1632        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1846

By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1846) of James B. Eldridge, Paul W. Mark, Carmine L. Gentile, Denise Provost and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to solar power and the green economy.  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 relative to solar power and the green economy.

 

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 25A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 11I the following section:-

Section 11J. The department shall establish a commonwealth solar program to encourage the development of solar photovoltaic technology by residential, commercial, governmental and industrial electric customers throughout the commonwealth. The program shall be structured to achieve 17.5 per cent solar electricity, measured by the sale of retail electricity to end-use customers in the commonwealth, by December 31, 2025, and 25 per cent solar electricity by December 31, 2030.

SECTION 2. Section 11F of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 16 and 17, the words “and (3) an additional 1 per cent of sales thereafter.” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- (3) an additional 1 per cent of sales every year until December 31, 2017; (4) an additional 2 per cent of sales until December 31, 2018, and (5) an additional 3 per cent of sales every year thereafter.

SECTION 3. Section 139 of said chapter 164, as so appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (f), and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(f) The maximum amount of generating capacity eligible for net metering by a municipality or other governmental entity shall be 10 megawatts.