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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 596 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3148 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Daniel Cahill |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act addressing Class II renewable energy credits. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel Cahill10th Essex1/13/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 596 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3148 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3148) of Daniel |
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| 19 | 19 | | Cahill relative to Class II renewable energy credits. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act addressing Class II renewable energy credits. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 11F of Chapter 25A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection (e) the following:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Provided however, every energy retail supplier shall provide Massachusetts end-use |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4customers a minimum requirement of 3.8 per cent of kilowatt-hour sales of energy attributes |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5from Class II non-waste-to-energy generation, as described in subsection (d), for supply |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6contracts starting, or renewed, on and after January 1, 2023. Beginning in 2023, the department |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7shall annually conduct an analysis and reset the energy retail supplier’s minimum requirement of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8Class II non-waste-to-energy generation attributes for new or renewed retail supplier contracts in |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9the calendar year following each annual review, to ensure and promote the continued operation |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10of existing energy generating resources that meet the requirements of said subsection (d), but at |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11no time shall the minimum percentage requirement for energy retail suppliers be set lower than |
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| 39 | 39 | | 123.8 per cent. |
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