HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4003        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3211

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Orlando Ramos

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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 limiting the eligibility of woody biomass as an alternative energy supply.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Orlando Ramos

9th Hampden

1/20/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/13/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

4/3/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

5/23/2023

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

6/7/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

6/21/2023

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

7/17/2023

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

1/25/2024

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

1/25/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4003        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3211

By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3211) of Orlando Ramos and Michelle M. DuBois relative to limiting the eligibility of woody biomass as an alternative energy supply.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

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 limiting the eligibility of woody biomass as an alternative energy supply.

 

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 11F1/2 of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:-  For intermediate or large generation units, no woody biomass fuel shall be considered an alternative energy supply.

SECTION 2: This act shall not apply to any biomass facility qualified by the department of energy resources as an alternative energy unit pursuant to section 11F1/2 of chapter 25A of the General Laws as of January 1, 2023.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.