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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3693 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3502 |
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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 | | Richard M. Haggerty |
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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 grid optimization. |
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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:Richard M. Haggerty30th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3693 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3502 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3502) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Richard M. Haggerty that the Department of Public Utilities investigate establishing and refining |
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| 20 | 20 | | standards that expand the use of distributed grid edge software on advanced meter infrastructure |
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| 21 | 21 | | meters. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to grid optimization. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 The department of public utilities shall, in consultation with the distribution companies, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2conduct a process to investigate establishing and refining standards that expand the use of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3distributed grid edge software on advanced meter infrastructure meters already approved by the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4department, which supports efficiency, load flexibility and distribution system intelligence to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5improve system utilization, reduce costs and improve reliability to customers. Standards shall |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6include, but shall not be limited to, methods for increasing capacity for managing loads and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7resources in the grid by electric utilities and third parties. The distribution companies shall |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8design at least 1 metric for improved monitoring and controlling the grid using high-resolution |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9data in utility meters that will allow such distribution companies to earn an incentive for positive |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10performance. The department of public utilities shall complete its investigation and submit a |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11report detailing its conclusions to the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12energy not later than December 31, 2025. |
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