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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2598 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3580 |
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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 | | Tommy Vitolo |
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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 creating pathways toward net-zero neighborhoods. |
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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:Tommy Vitolo15th Norfolk1/16/2025Kevin G. Honan17th Suffolk3/10/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2598 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3580 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3580) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tommy Vitolo and Kevin G. Honan relative to non-emitting thermal energy. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act creating pathways toward net-zero neighborhoods. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “mitigation” the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 “Non-emitting thermal energy,” thermal energy and associated infrastructure that |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5supplies heating, or heating and cooling, from fuel sources whose combustion does not emit |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6greenhouse gases as defined in section 1 of chapter 21N. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 2. Section 92 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8adding the following:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 The department may order a gas company to terminate natural gas service to a customer |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10where such proposal ensures that the affected customer retains continuous access to safe, reliable |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11and affordable thermal energy services. A company offering to provide non-emitting thermal |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12energy has satisfied the requirement to supply petitioner. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 SECTION 3: Section 94 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14amended by adding the following: |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 (s): In consultation with the department of energy resources, to develop requirements and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16promulgate regulations as part of the 2027 update to the state building code, in addition to the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17requirements of the latest International Energy Conservation Code, requiring all new space |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18cooling technologies installed in new or existing single-, two-, and three- family homes and any |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19other appropriate structure type to be capable of both heating and cooling and integrated with |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20any other heating system into a thermostat-controlled system to operate for heat when cost- |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21effective to do so. |
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