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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1896 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2322 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 to ensure adequate and affordable energy. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and MiddlesexSteven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable2/10/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1896 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2322 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2322) of Bruce E. Tarr and Steven |
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| 19 | 19 | | George Xiarhos for legislation to ensure adequate and affordable energy. Telecommunications, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2180 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to ensure adequate and affordable energy. |
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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 SECTION 1. Not later than September 30, 2026 and every 3 years thereafter, the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2secretary of energy and environmental affairs or a designee shall publish a comprehensive |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3energy plan as established under executive order 569 which shall include and be based upon |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4reasonable projections of the commonwealth’s energy demands for electricity, transportation and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5thermal conditioning and shall also include strategies for meeting those demands in a regional |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6context, prioritizing meeting energy demand through conservation, energy efficiency and other |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7demand-reduction resources in a manner that contributes to the commonwealth meeting the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8limits for 2030 and 2040 pursuant to subsection (b) of section 3 of chapter 21N of the General |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9Laws.” 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 SECTION 2. The department of energy resources in conjunction with the executive |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11office of environmental affairs shall monitor available supplies and projected costs of energy so |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12as to determine if within 12 months there will be a foreseeable deficiency in the amount of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13energy reasonably expected to meet demand, or that one or more conditions will be reasonably |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14expected to cause an increase to consumers of more than ten percent, provided that if either of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15these are so determined, the department of energy resources in conjunction with the executive |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16office of environmental affairs, shall develop a contingency plan to prevent, mitigate, or |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17otherwise address their impacts. Such contingency plan shall contain, to the maximum feasible |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18extent : |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 a) the cause of such deficiency or cost increase and the probability that it will occur |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20 b) one or more actions than can be undertaken on a timely basis to prevent, mitigate, or |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21otherwise address one or more of these impacts |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22 c) identify the appropriate entity of state government to take such actions |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23 d) an estimated time frame for such actions to be implemented |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24 The development of such contingency plan shall include not less than one public hearing, |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25the ability to receive written testimony, and consultation with the department of public utilities, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26the department of telecommunications and energy, the clean energy center, the attorney general |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27of the commonwealth, and, to the extent possible and where relevant, the independent systems |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28operator for the New England. Said plan shall be filed with the Joint Committee on |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy, and the clerks of the House and Senate, whom shall |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30post it electronically for public inspection. |
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