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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2655 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3700 |
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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 | | Steven S. Howitt |
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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 promoting price transparency for electric vehicle charging stations. |
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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:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2655 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3700 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3700) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Steven S. Howitt relative to electric vehicle charging stations. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act promoting price transparency for electric vehicle charging stations. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2amended by inserting, after section 295C, the following new section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Section 295CC: Display of Price of Electricity on Public Electric Vehicle Charging |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4Stations |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 A retail provider of electricity for electric vehicle (EV) charging shall publicly display |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6and maintain on each public electric vehicle charging station or other dispensing device from |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7which electricity is sold, at least one sign, clearly visible, stating the price per kilowatt-hour |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8(kWh) of electricity sold from that station or device. A sign shall be not less than 8 inches by 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9inches in size. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 The price shown on a sign shall include all taxes imposed with respect to the sale of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11electricity at that public electric vehicle charging station or device and shall contain either a |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12statement of the taxes included in the price or, without specifying the amount of the taxes, shall 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13state that such taxes are included in the price. All figures, including fractions, on a sign, other |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14than figures and fractions used in a price computing mechanism and constituting a part of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15charging station, shall be the same size. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 No sign, advertising material, or other display or product that is placed upon, above, or |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17around a public electric vehicle charging station shall directly or indirectly obscure the posted |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18price sign as required by the preceding paragraph. |
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