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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2072 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3555 |
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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 | | Jeffrey N. Roy |
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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 reporting on funds received from the Clean Energy Standard and future Clean |
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| 13 | 13 | | Heat Standard program. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jeffrey N. Roy10th Norfolk1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2072 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3555 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3555) of Jeffrey |
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| 20 | 20 | | N. Roy relative to reporting on funds received from the Clean Energy Standard and future Clean |
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| 21 | 21 | | Heat Standard program. 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 reporting on funds received from the Clean Energy Standard and future Clean |
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| 28 | 28 | | Heat Standard program. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 23J of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 SECTION 13. The department shall annually, not later than August 15, submit to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4governor, the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy, the joint committee |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5on environment and the senate and house committees on ways and means a report detailing all |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6expenditures over the previous fiscal year from alternative compliance payments received by the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7department and from the redemption or sale by the department of certificates or credits |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8authorized and created by present or future programs developed under chapter 21N of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9General Laws, including but not limited to 310 CMR 7.75 and 310 CMR 7.77. Said report shall |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10include a description of (i) the cost impacts of these expenditures on ratepayers of electric |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11distribution companies or gas companies, as those terms are defined in section 1 of chapter 164 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12of the General Laws, and other entities which are under the jurisdiction of the department and 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13participating in said programs; provided further, impacts shall include approximate monthly bill |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14impacts delineated by customer class or group; and (ii) how said expenditures contribute to |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15achieving compliance with limits and sublimits established pursuant to sections 3 and 3A of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16chapter 21N of the General Laws. |
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