HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1051        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2864

 

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

1/15/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/18/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/23/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/24/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/29/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/31/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/31/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/31/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

2/1/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

2/1/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

2/1/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/1/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

2/1/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

2/1/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

2/1/2019

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

2/1/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1051        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2864

By Mr. Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2864) 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.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2698 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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.