SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1654        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1998

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patrick M. O'Connor

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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 hydrokinetic energy.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1654        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1998

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1998) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation relative to hydrokinetic energy.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1729 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 hydrokinetic 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 138 of chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 30 after the words “a Class I net metering facility that is not an agricultural net metering facility or that is not using solar” the words:- “, hydrokinetic,”

SECTION 2. Section 138 of chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 48 after the words “solar net metering facility,” the words:- “hydrokinetic net metering facility,”

SECTION 3. Section 138 of chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 67 after the words “solar net metering facility,” the words:- “hydrokinetic net metering facility,”

SECTION 4. Section 138 of chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following new paragraph:-

“Hydrokinetic net metering facility,” a facility for the production of electrical energy that uses: (a) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, estuaries, and tidal areas; (b) free-flowing water in rivers, lakes, and streams; (c) free-flowing water in man-made channels; or (d) differentials in ocean temperature, called ocean thermal energy conversion to generate electricity and is interconnected to a distribution company.