Chapter 25A

Section 1 Department of energy resources; commissioner
Section 2 Commissioner; responsibilities; divisions established within department; description of organization statement
Section 3 Definitions
Section 4 Officers and employees
Section 5 Reports filed with legislative committees
Section 6 Powers and duties
Section 7 Collection of energy information; reports; violations
Section 8 Declaration of energy emergency
Section 9 Information obtained from other agencies or political subdivisions
Section 10 Division of green communities; duties of director; program; qualification as a green community; funding; rules; annual report
Section 10A Competitive bidding procedure for municipal green communities
Section 11 Establishment of energy programs; rules and regulations; contracts; grants
Section 11A Commercial and apartment conservation service program; enforcement; penalties
Section 11B Motor vehicles owned by commonwealth; fuel efficiency
Section 11C Contracts for procurement of energy management services
Section 11D Consumer education; telephone hotline; plan approval
Section 11E Monitoring and reporting on electricity system reliability and future capacity excesses or deficits
Section 11F Renewable energy portfolio standard for retail electricity suppliers
Section 11F1/2 Alternative renewable energy portfolio standard
Section 11F3/4 Municipal Lighting Plant GGES; minimum percentage of non-carbon emitting energy sold; annual report
Section 11G Coordination of ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs
Section 11H Assessments against electric and gas utility companies; rate determined and certified annually by commissioner
Section 11I Energy management services contracts; request for qualifications; regulations; payments; performance bond
Section 12 Regulations; submission to General Court
Section 13 Department of Energy Resources Credit Trust Fund
Section 14 Contracts for energy conservation projects costing one hundred thousands dollars or less; additions to monthly utility bills.
Section 15 Contracts for photovoltaic projects costing less than one hundred thousand dollars.
Section 16 Public electrical vehicle charging stations
Section 17 Minimum percentage of kilowatt-hour sales from clean peak resources; participation of anaerobic digestion facilities in the Clean Peak Standard incentive program
Section 18 Issuance of a notice of non-compliance
Section 19 Electric Vehicle Adoption Incentive Trust Fund; rebate and incentive program for purchase of qualifying zero-emission vehicle
Section 20 Large building energy usage; reporting requirements; publication of energy usage data; penalties for noncompliance