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