HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1159        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2899

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joan Meschino

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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 conservation and natural gas infrastructure.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

1/15/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/31/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/29/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/30/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/29/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1159        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2899

By Ms. Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2899) of Joan Meschino and others relative to conservation and natural gas infrastructure.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3637 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 relative to conservation and natural gas infrastructure.

 

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

Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 146. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, prior to adding new capacity for natural gas to a system, a gas company shall recapture an equivalent volume of natural gas lost from the system by repairing identified gas leaks within the same municipality.  If all identified leaks in a municipality have been repaired, the gas company shall pursue alternative conservation measures within the municipality or repair identified gas leaks within the region.

The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this section and shall oversee and monitor company repairs.