Chapter 25A: DIVISION OF ENERGY RESOURCES
- 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 11F 1/2 Alternative renewable energy portfolio standard
- Section 11F 3/4 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 11F1/2 Alternative renewable energy portfolio standard
- 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
- Section 21 Standards, requirements and procedures governing the siting and permitting of small clean energy infrastructure facilities by local governments; permit application; appeal of decision of local entity