SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2738

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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SENATE, April 22, 2024.

The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative to electric ratepayer protections (Senate, No. 2106), - reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2738).

For the committee,

Michael J. Rodrigues

        FILED ON: 4/22/2024

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2738

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 relative to electric ratepayer protections.

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

Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1K the following section:-

Section 1L. Beginning on January 1, 2025, no supplier, energy marketer or energy broker shall execute a new contract for generation services with any individual residential retail customer. This section shall not apply to, or otherwise affect, any government body that aggregates the load of residential retail customers as part of a municipal load aggregation program pursuant to section 134. Any violation of this section shall be deemed an unfair and deceptive act pursuant to chapter 93A. The attorney general may bring an action under section 4 of said chapter 93A to enforce this section and to obtain restitution, civil penalties, injunctive relief or any other relief available under said chapter 93A.