HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2663        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3327

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and Richard M. Haggerty

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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 municipal light plant participation in Green Communities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/16/2021

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/25/2021

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

2/25/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

3/19/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

3/19/2021

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

3/31/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

4/1/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2663        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3327

By Messrs. Jones of North Reading and Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3327) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Richard M. Haggerty and others relative to municipal light plant participation in the green communities program.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to municipal light plant participation in Green Communities.

 

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 10 of Chapter 25A, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after clause (e), the following new sentence:

In adopting such regulations, the division shall require that a municipal lighting plant serving a municipal territory in which a customer receives services from an investor-owned utility, all municipalities served by said municipal lighting plan shall be eligible for the green communities program and exempt from subsection (a) of section 20 of chapter 25 of the general laws.