HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 236        FILED ON: 1/11/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3169

 

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

1/9/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/20/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/10/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/10/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/23/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/24/2023

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

3/7/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

3/7/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

3/14/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

4/4/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/6/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 236        FILED ON: 1/11/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3169

By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3169) 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. 3317 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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 1. Section 94A of chapter 164 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:-

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.