| 1 | 1 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2738 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | _______________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 5 | 5 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 6 | 6 | | _______________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE, April 22, 2024. |
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| 8 | 8 | | The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative |
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| 9 | 9 | | to electric ratepayer protections (Senate, No. 2106), - reports, recommending that the same ought |
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| 10 | 10 | | to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2738). |
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| 11 | 11 | | For the committee, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Michael J. Rodrigues 1 of 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | FILED ON: 4/22/2024 |
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| 14 | 14 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2738 |
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| 15 | 15 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 16 | 16 | | _______________ |
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| 17 | 17 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 19 | 19 | | _______________ |
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| 20 | 20 | | An Act relative to electric ratepayer protections. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1 Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1K the |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2following section:- |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3 Section 1L. Beginning on January 1, 2025, no supplier, energy marketer or energy broker |
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| 26 | 26 | | 4shall execute a new contract for generation services with any individual residential retail |
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| 27 | 27 | | 5customer. This section shall not apply to, or otherwise affect, any government body that |
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| 28 | 28 | | 6aggregates the load of residential retail customers as part of a municipal load aggregation |
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| 29 | 29 | | 7program pursuant to section 134. Any violation of this section shall be deemed an unfair and |
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| 30 | 30 | | 8deceptive act pursuant to chapter 93A. The attorney general may bring an action under section 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 9of said chapter 93A to enforce this section and to obtain restitution, civil penalties, injunctive |
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| 32 | 32 | | 10relief or any other relief available under said chapter 93A. |
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