HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2206        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2920

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David M. Rogers

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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 multi-state offshore wind procurement.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/17/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/18/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/25/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/25/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/28/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/28/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/28/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

1/28/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/29/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/29/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/29/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/29/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/29/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/29/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/29/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/31/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/31/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

1/31/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2206        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2920

By Mr. Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2920) of David M. Rogers and others that the Department of Energy Resources be directed to determine the feasibility of creating multi-state offshore wind energy generation solicitation and procurement agreements.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

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 multi-state offshore wind procurement.

 

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

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) shall consult with the appropriate state government agencies in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont for the purpose of determining the feasibility of creating a multi-state offshore wind energy generation solicitation and procurement of up to 6,000 megawatts of aggregate nameplate capacity by December 31, 2035. By July 31, 2019, the department shall hold at least one (1) public hearing to consider the economic benefits a multi-state offshore wind energy generation solicitation and procurement of up to 6,000 megawatts of aggregate nameplate capacity.