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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2530 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3534 |
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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 | | Frank A. Moran |
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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 electric ratepayer protections. |
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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:Frank A. Moran17th Essex1/16/2025Attorney General Andrea Joy |
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| 16 | 16 | | Campbell |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1 Ashburton Pl Floor 20, Boston, MA |
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| 18 | 18 | | 02108 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1/16/2025Mayor Michelle Wu1 City Hall Square, Suite 550 Boston, |
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| 20 | 20 | | MA 02201 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1/16/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/10/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/11/2025Carlos González10th Hampden2/19/2025Kevin G. Honan17th Suffolk3/10/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2530 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 23 | 23 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3534 |
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| 24 | 24 | | By Representative Moran of Lawrence, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3534) of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Frank A. Moran and others relative to electric ratepayer protections. Telecommunications, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Utilities and Energy. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 31 | 31 | | _______________ |
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| 32 | 32 | | An Act relative to electric ratepayer protections. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2section 1K the following section: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 3 Section 1L. On or after January 1, 2026, no supplier, energy marketer, or energy broker |
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| 38 | 38 | | 4shall execute a new contract or renew an existing contract for generation services with any |
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| 39 | 39 | | 5individual residential retail customer. This section shall not apply to, or otherwise affect, any |
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| 40 | 40 | | 6government body that aggregates the load of residential retail customers as part of a municipal |
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| 41 | 41 | | 7aggregation plan pursuant to section 134, nor shall apply to, or otherwise affect, any entity |
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| 42 | 42 | | 8organizing or administering a program pursuant to section 137. A violation of this section shall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 9be deemed an unfair and deceptive act pursuant to chapter 93A. The attorney general may bring |
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| 44 | 44 | | 10an action under section 4 of said chapter 93A to enforce this section and to obtain restitution, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 11civil penalties, injunctive relief, or any other relief available under said chapter 93A. |
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