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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2379 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 564 |
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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 | | Marc R. Pacheco |
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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 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions threatening our natural environment. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2379 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 564 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 564) of Marc R. Pacheco for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions threatening our natural environment. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions threatening our natural environment. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Said chapter 21N, most recently amended by section 11A of chapter 8 of the acts of 2021, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3subsection:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (b) The secretary shall promulgate regulations establishing market-based compliance |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5mechanisms for: (i) the transportation sector; provided, however, that the regulations shall, at a |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6minimum, be designed to reduce passenger vehicle and light duty truck emissions; (ii) the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7commercial, industrial and institutional sectors, including but not limited to buildings and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8industrial, manufacturing and other business processes; and (iii) the residential building sector. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 The market-based compliance mechanisms established pursuant to this section shall: (i) |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10maximize the ability of the commonwealth to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions limits |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11established pursuant to this chapter;(ii) be designed to minimize disproportionate impacts on |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12low-income households; (iii) be designed to identify, with special attention to manufacturing, 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13economic sectors, economic subsectors or individual employers at risk of serious negative |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14impacts due to the market-based compliance mechanisms established pursuant to this section; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15and (iv) be designed to mitigate impacts identified in clause (iii). The market-based compliance |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16mechanisms may be established by joining any existing market-based compliance mechanisms. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17The secretary shall evaluate and adjust, if necessary, all market-based compliance mechanisms |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18adopted pursuant to this section at least once every 30 months to meet the requirements of this |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19section and to achieve greenhouse gas emissions limits. The regulations may be promulgated as |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20part of a coordinated regional effort with other states or Canadian Provinces to implement, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21expand or join any other market-based compliance mechanisms. The department shall ensure it |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22has adequate resources to implement the requirements of this chapter. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23 Not later than September 30, 2025 and every 5 years thereafter, the secretary or a |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24designee shall publish a comprehensive energy plan that shall include and be based upon |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25reasonable projections of the commonwealth’s energy demands for electricity, transportation and |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26thermal conditioning and shall also include strategies for meeting those demands in a regional |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27context, prioritizing meeting energy demand through conservation, energy efficiency and other |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28demand-reduction resources in a manner that contributes to the commonwealth meeting the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29limits for 2030 and 2040 pursuant to subsection (b) of section 3. |
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