{"AmendmentNumber":"213","ParentBillNumber":"S3064","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"M_C2","Name":"Michelle L. Ciccolo","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/M_C2","ResponseDate":"2026-06-16T14:06:39.423"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Improving Ratepayer Access to Municipal Aggregation","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Ciccolo of Lexington moves to amend the bill in section 2C, by inserting after item 2030-1011 the following item:-\r\n“xxxx-xxxx For the operation and furtherance of the goals of the Municipal Aggregation Support Fund, as established in Section X of this act including, but not limited to, staffing, grants and administrative expenses......$10,000,000”;\r\nand further amend the bill by adding the following section:-\r\n“SECTION X: Chapter 25A is hereby amended by adding after section 21 the following section: -\r\nSection 22: a) The department of energy resources shall establish a grant program for municipalities to support their efforts to launch new load aggregation programs or enhance existing programs, provided that not less than 80 per cent of distributed funds shall be received by (i) municipalities that include environmental justice communities as defined in section 62 of chapter 30 of the General Laws; (ii) municipalities consisting of less than 15,000 in population; or (iii) municipalities possessing an equalized property valuation per capita as determined by the department of revenue less than 100 per cent of the statewide average equalized property valuation. b) The department of energy resources shall produce a report which shall (i) quantify existing savings for commercial and residential ratepayers participating in load aggregation programs (ii) identify barriers to adoption of load aggregation programs among municipalities (iii) identify barriers to participation in load aggregation programs among eligible ratepayers, (iv) identify strategies for how participation rates can be improved at both the municipal and ratepayer level. Said report shall be delivered to the legislature not later than 1 year after the passage of this act and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter. c) A municipality or group of municipalities which aggregates its electrical load and operates according to Chapter 164, in section 134, subsection a, but has a ratepayer participation rate not greater than 70 per cent among eligible ratepayers shall submit a plan, along with its annual report pursuant to department of public utilities 23-67A guidelines, providing steps to improve participation following an affirmative vote and a public meeting. d) There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Municipal Aggregation Support Fund, in this section called the fund. The secretary shall be the trustee of the fund and may expend amounts from the fund without further appropriation in support of the goals established subsections a and b.\r\n"}