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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2789 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3493 |
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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 | | Sean Garballey and 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 increasing opportunities for peak energy storage. |
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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:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/16/2025Daniel Cahill10th Essex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2789 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3493 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 3493) of Sean Garballey and Daniel Cahill relative to peak energy storage. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act increasing opportunities for peak energy storage. |
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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 Section 3 of Chapter 25A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Qualified RPS resources” and inserting in |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3place thereof the following definition:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 “Qualified RPS resource”, a renewable energy generating source, as defined in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5subsection (c) or subsection (d) of section 11F, that has: (i) installed a qualified energy storage |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6system at its facility; or (ii) commenced operation on or after January 1, 2019, provided, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7however, that a qualified RPS resource that commenced operation prior to January 1, 2019 shall |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8be considered to have the commercial operation date of when the resource is co-located with a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9qualified energy storage system that commenced operation after January 1, 2019 and having a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10minimum nominal useful energy capacity of not less than 25 per cent of the nameplate power |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11rating of the qualified RPS resource, or when the qualified RPS resource is contractually paired |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12with a qualified energy storage system that commenced operation after January 1, 2019 and 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13having a minimum nominal useful energy capacity of not less than 25 per cent of the nameplate |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14power rating of the qualified RPS resource for 4 hours. |
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