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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2598 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3580
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Tommy Vitolo
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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 creating pathways toward net-zero neighborhoods.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tommy Vitolo15th Norfolk1/16/2025Kevin G. Honan17th Suffolk3/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2598 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3580
By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3580) of
Tommy Vitolo and Kevin G. Honan relative to non-emitting thermal energy.
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 creating pathways toward net-zero neighborhoods.
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 1. Section 1 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “mitigation” the
3following:-
4 “Non-emitting thermal energy,” thermal energy and associated infrastructure that
5supplies heating, or heating and cooling, from fuel sources whose combustion does not emit
6greenhouse gases as defined in section 1 of chapter 21N.
7 SECTION 2. Section 92 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
8adding the following:-
9 The department may order a gas company to terminate natural gas service to a customer
10where such proposal ensures that the affected customer retains continuous access to safe, reliable
11and affordable thermal energy services. A company offering to provide non-emitting thermal
12energy has satisfied the requirement to supply petitioner. 2 of 2
13 SECTION 3: Section 94 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
14amended by adding the following:
15 (s): In consultation with the department of energy resources, to develop requirements and
16promulgate regulations as part of the 2027 update to the state building code, in addition to the
17requirements of the latest International Energy Conservation Code, requiring all new space
18cooling technologies installed in new or existing single-, two-, and three- family homes and any
19other appropriate structure type to be capable of both heating and cooling and integrated with
20any other heating system into a thermostat-controlled system to operate for heat when cost-
21effective to do so.