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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2789 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3493
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey and Daniel Cahill
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act increasing opportunities for peak energy storage.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/16/2025Daniel Cahill10th Essex1/16/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2789 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3493
By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 3493) of Sean Garballey and Daniel Cahill relative to peak energy storage.
Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act increasing opportunities for peak energy storage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 3 of Chapter 25A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition,
2is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Qualified RPS resources” and inserting in
3place thereof the following definition:-
4 “Qualified RPS resource”, a renewable energy generating source, as defined in
5subsection (c) or subsection (d) of section 11F, that has: (i) installed a qualified energy storage
6system at its facility; or (ii) commenced operation on or after January 1, 2019, provided,
7however, that a qualified RPS resource that commenced operation prior to January 1, 2019 shall
8be considered to have the commercial operation date of when the resource is co-located with a
9qualified energy storage system that commenced operation after January 1, 2019 and having a
10minimum nominal useful energy capacity of not less than 25 per cent of the nameplate power
11rating of the qualified RPS resource, or when the qualified RPS resource is contractually paired
12with a qualified energy storage system that commenced operation after January 1, 2019 and 2 of 2
13having a minimum nominal useful energy capacity of not less than 25 per cent of the nameplate
14power rating of the qualified RPS resource for 4 hours.