Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy will be holding a hybrid public hearing on Municipalities, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, and Miscellaneous legislation on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. in Hearing Room A2.

Individuals who wish to testify in-person or virtually may register to do so by filling out this form by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Testimony is limited to three minutes per person. You will receive a Teams invitation and further instructions on how to participate virtually a day or two before the hearing. 

Written testimony can be submitted via email to Phil Hashey at Phillip.Hashey@mahouse.gov and Benjamin Minerva at Ben.Minerva@masenate.gov. The deadline to submit written testimony is Wednesday, June 11 by 5:00 p.m. When submitting written testimony, please send it as an attachment and use the following document title format:  

Bill# - Your Organization’s Name – Support/Oppose 

Written testimony may also be physically mailed to the Senate Chair and House Chair at the following addresses respectively:

HOUSE CHAIR MARK J. CUSACK
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UTILITIES, AND ENERGY
ATTN: PHIL HASHEY, COMMITTEE COUNSEL
24 BEACON ST, ROOM 43
BOSTON, MA 02133

SENATE CHAIR MICHAEL J. BARRETT
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UTILITIES, AND ENERGY
ATTN: BENJAMIN MINERVA, COUNSEL
24 BEACON ST, ROOM 312-B
BOSTON, MA 02133

At the discretion of the Chairs, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

Those who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may attend in person or view the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the [malegislature.gov/events] legislative website. 

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the chairs.

If you have any questions, please reach out by emailing phillip.hashey@mahouse.gov.  

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy	6/12/2025 1:00 PM	01:07:40

Municipalities, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, and Miscellaneous legislation 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3551	An Act relative to smart meters	Estela A. Reyes
H.3450	An Act to establish municipal access to utility poles located in municipal rights-of-way	John Barrett, III
H.3457	An Act relative to municipal light plants	Michael S. Chaisson
H.3462	An Act relative to municipal authority in public rights of way	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.3466	An Act facilitating public ownership of public utilities	Mike Connolly
H.3472	An Act relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement	Michael S. Day
H.3486	An Act relative to municipal light plant emergency mutual aid	Kimberly N. Ferguson
H.3513	An Act to ensure notice to abutter communities of applications to the department of public utilities	Sally P. Kerans
H.3514	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Board of Directors	Sally P. Kerans
H.3515	An Act to enhance municipal choice and provide affordable electricity options	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.3544	An Act relative to energy efficiency funds generated by municipal light plants	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.3560	An Act to allow all green communities grants to be used for solar panels on municipal rooftops and land	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.3574	An Act to reimburse cities and towns affected by the decommissioning of power plants	Justin Thurber
H.3581	An Act supporting electrical load aggregation programs in the Commonwealth	Tommy Vitolo
S.2250	An Act relative to municipal authority in public rights of way	Brendan P. Crighton
S.2252	An Act relative to municipal light plant emergency mutual aid	Brendan P. Crighton
S.2257	An Act to enhance municipal choice and provide affordable electricity options	John J. Cronin
S.2277	An Act relative to municipal light plants	Paul R. Feeney
S.2295	An Act reforming the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company board of directors	Joan B. Lovely
S.2301	An Act enabling municipal aggregation	Paul W. Mark
S.2306	An Act relative to smart meters	Michael O. Moore

Present (8)

Mark J. Cusack (HOU)

Kimberly N. Ferguson (HOU)

Michael P. Kushmerek (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Sean Reid (HOU)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU)

Jeffrey Rosario Turco (HOU)

Chynah Tyler (HOU)

Absent (3)

Natalie M. Higgins (HOU) *

Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (HOU) *

David Allen Robertson (HOU) *

	Document
	H.3450
	H.3457
	H.3462
	H.3466
	H.3472
	H.3486
	H.3513
	H.3514
	H.3515
	H.3544
	H.3551
	H.3560
	H.3574
	H.3581

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

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