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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 648 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2106 |
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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 | | Brendan P. Crighton |
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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 relative to electric ratepayer protections. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Brendan P. CrightonThird EssexAttorney General Andrea Campbell1/20/2023Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk2/14/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 648 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2106 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2106) of Brendan P. Crighton, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation relative to electric |
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| 20 | 20 | | ratepayer protections. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2150 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to electric ratepayer protections. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2section 1K the following section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 1L. Beginning on January 1, 2024, no supplier, energy marketer, or energy |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4broker shall execute a new contract for generation services with any individual residential retail |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5customer. This provision shall not apply to, or otherwise affect, any government body that |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6aggregates the load of residential retail customers as part of a municipal aggregation plan |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7pursuant to chapter 164, ยง 134. Any violation of this provision shall be deemed an unfair and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8deceptive act pursuant to the provisions of chapter 93A, and the attorney general is hereby |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9authorized to bring an action under section 4 of chapter 93A to enforce this provision and to 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10obtain restitution, civil penalties, injunctive relief, and any other relief awarded pursuant to said |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11chapter 93A. |
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