Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Solar & Siting

The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy will be holding a hybrid public hearing on Solar & Siting legislation on Thursday, October 9, 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, October 8, 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 before the hearing. 

Written testimony can be submitted via email to Senate TUE Staff Benjamin Minerva at ben.minerva@masenate.gov and House TUE Staff at HC194onTelecommunicationsUtilitiesandEnergy@mahouse.gov. The deadline to submit written testimony is Thursday, October 16, 2025, 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:

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

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

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, 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.

All matters filed in the House that are listed on the agenda are required to be reported on by September 27, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

If you have any questions, please reach out by emailing ben.minerva@masenate.gov.    

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy - 10-9-2025	10/9/2025 1:00 PM	02:20:23

Solar & Siting 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3445	An Act to promote solar panel installations on school property	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.3467	An Act establishing solar neighborhoods	Mike Connolly
H.3469	An Act relative to solar permitting	Mark J. Cusack
H.3473	An Act relative to the Energy Facilities Siting Board	Michael S. Day
H.3482	An Act regulating the location of generation facilities	Michelle M. DuBois
H.3496	An Act ensuring solar energy access	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3499	An Act to promote low-income access to solar	Danielle W. Gregoire
H.3519	An Act relative to a feasibility report on solar rooftop energy on new buildings	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.3520	An Act facilitating distributed energy resources in the commonwealth	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.3521	An Act maximizing and optimizing small-scale assets in communities	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.3526	An Act relative to large-scale solar energy installations on agricultural or recreational land of the Commonwealth	Paul McMurtry
H.3532	An Act relative to renewable energy production technologies	Frank A. Moran
H.3559	An Act to encourage solar development on buildings and disturbed land	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.3562	An Act to study the feasibility of installing solar panels on municipal and state buildings and land	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.3567	An Act relative to energy generation payments	Aaron L. Saunders
S.2232	An Act to exempt solar installations on federal military lands from renewable energy production caps	Michael J. Barrett
S.2240	An Act to promote low-income access to solar	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.2262	An Act relative to solar permitting	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.2264	An Act relative to consumer protection for residential solar customers	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.2267	Resolve relative to a feasibility report on solar rooftop energy on new buildings	James B. Eldridge
S.2269	An Act facilitating distributed energy resources in the commonwealth	James B. Eldridge
S.2270	An Act maximizing and optimizing small-scale assets in communities	James B. Eldridge
S.2274	An Act relative to solar energy grants at posts of veterans' organizations	Paul R. Feeney
S.2296	An Act to encourage solar development on built and disturbed land	Paul W. Mark
S.2302	An Act relative to solar for state agencies	Paul W. Mark
S.2308	An Act providing solar energy to state agencies	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2309	An Act relative to solar-powered mobility networks	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2321	An Act relative to renewable energy production technologies	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (16)

Michael J. Barrett (SEN)

Mark J. Cusack (HOU)

Michael D. Brady (SEN)

John J. Cronin (SEN)

Julian Cyr (SEN)

Kimberly N. Ferguson (HOU)

Dylan A. Fernandes (SEN)

Natalie M. Higgins (HOU)

Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (HOU)

Michael P. Kushmerek (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Sean Reid (HOU)

David Allen Robertson (HOU)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU)

Bruce E. Tarr (SEN)

Jeffrey Rosario Turco (HOU)

Absent (1)

Chynah Tyler (HOU) *

	Document
	H.3445
	H.3467
	H.3469
	H.3473
	H.3482
	H.3496
	H.3499
	H.3519
	H.3520
	H.3521
	H.3526
	H.3532
	H.3559
	H.3562
	H.3567

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

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