Amendment ID: S2819-13-R1

Redraft Amendment 13

Commuter Rail Electrification

Messrs. Crighton and Feeney, Ms. Rausch, Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Lesser and Moore, Ms. Jehlen, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Ms. Edwards, Messrs. O'Connor and Collins, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Keenan, Cronin, Pacheco, Lewis and Montigny, Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Velis, Timilty, Brady and DiDomenico move that the proposed new text be amended by striking out section 42 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“SECTION 42. (a) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall develop and implement short-term, medium-term and long-term plans for each line of the rail system ensuring that the rail is fully integrated into the commonwealth’s transportation system and designed to make the system more productive, equitable and decarbonized. Each plan shall maximize the ridership returns on investment and shall be designed to meet statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits established in chapter 21N of the General Laws.

(b)(1) The authority shall include in the short-term plan immediate action items to run electric locomotive service along the Providence/Stoughton line, the Fairmont line and the line from the cities of Boston to Everett to Chelsea to Revere to Lynn to Salem to Beverly. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) detailed critical path schedule for each phase, (2) cash flow needs organized by fiscal year through completion of each phase, (3) a regional strategy to receive all necessary environmental approvals and permits, (4) identifying needs from utilities to achieve adequate and redundant power to update the system. The plan shall include target completion dates, a conceptual work plan and a schedule outlining the work to be pursued in 2022 and 2023. The authority shall include in any capital plan approved after the effective date of this act purchases necessary to begin the transition to electric service on the aforementioned rail lines and no agreement to purchase commuter rail trains shall be diesel locomotives after December 31, 2030.

(2) The authority shall include in its medium- and long-term plans a comprehensive and specific plan to electrify the remainder of the commuter rail fleet for all lines as necessary to maximize the ridership returns on investment and meet statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits and sublimits established in chapter 21N of the General Laws. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, necessary updates to layover and maintenance facilities, necessary infrastructure upgrades and a schedule for fleet design, testing, procurement and deployment.

(c) The authority shall publish and receive public comment on its short-term plan under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) by November 1, 2022 or 180 days after the effective date of this act, whichever is later. The authority shall publish and receive public comment on plans required by (a) and its medium- and long-term plans under paragraph (2) of said subsection (b) by December 31, 2023 or 180 days after the effective date of this act, whichever is later."