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MA Gen L ch 25 § 12r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 12r - Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund

Section 12R. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) application fees collected pursuant to section 10 of chapter 159B; and (ii) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for the regulation of motor carriers pursuant to said chapter 159B. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.  Annually, not later than December 1, the department shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.
MA Gen L ch 25 § 18a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 18a - Assessment Against Steam Distribution Companies; Apportionment; Time for Payment; Credit for Unexpended Funds

Section 18A. The commission may make an assessment against each steam distribution company under the jurisdictional control of the department. Each steam distribution company shall annually report by March 31 its intrastate operating revenues for the previous calendar year to the department. The assessments shall be apportioned according to each steam distribution company's intrastate operating revenues, to produce an annual amount not greater than $600,000, as shall be determined and certified annually by the commission as sufficient to reimburse the commonwealth for funds appropriated by the general court for the operation and general administration of the department and for the cost of fringe benefits as established by the commissioner of administration under section 5D of chapter 29, including group life and health insurance, retirement benefits, paid vacations, holidays and sick leave.  Each company shall pay the amount assessed against it within 30 days after receipt of the notice of assessment from the department. Such assessments collected by the department shall be credited to the General Fund. Any funds unexpended in any fiscal year for the purposes for which such assessments were made shall be credited against the assessment to be made in the following fiscal year and the assessment in the following fiscal year shall be reduced by any such unexpended amount.
MA Gen L ch 25 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 23 - Division for the Administration, Implementation and Enforcement of Chapter 159a1/2; Funding From Surcharge on Transportation Network Companies

Section 23. (a) There shall be established within the department a division that shall be under the general supervision and control of the commission and shall be under the control of a director. The division shall promulgate rules and regulations and shall perform such functions as necessary for the administration, implementation and enforcement of chapter 159A1/2.  (b) To fund the division's activities, the division shall assess a surcharge on each transportation network company, as defined in section 1 of chapter 159A1/2. Each transportation network company shall annually report by March 31 its intrastate operating revenues for the previous calendar year to the division. The surcharge shall be apportioned according to each transportation network company's intrastate operating revenues as determined and certified annually by the division in order to reimburse the commonwealth for funds expended for the division's activities. If a transportation network company fails to report its intrastate operating revenues to the division by March 31, the division may estimate a transportation network company's intrastate operating revenues to assess the surcharge.  Each transportation network company shall pay the surcharge not later than 30 days from the date of the notice of the surcharge amount from the division. Failure to pay the surcharge within 30 days may, at the discretion of the division, constitute cause to suspend or revoke a transportation network company permit pursuant to chapter 159A1/2.  Funds that are not expended in a fiscal year for the operation of the division shall be credited against the surcharge to be made the following fiscal year and the surcharge amount in the following fiscal year shall be reduced by the unexpended amount.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 1 - Department of Energy Resources; Commissioner

Section 1. There shall be within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs a department called the department of energy resources, under the supervision of a commissioner of energy resources, hereinafter the commissioner. The duties given to the commissioner in this chapter and in any other general or special law shall be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the secretary of energy and environmental affairs. The commissioner shall be appointed by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, with the approval of the governor, and may, with like approval, be removed. The commissioner shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of energy regulation or policy and shall serve a term coterminous with that of the governor. The position of commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section 45 of chapter 30 and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section 46C of said chapter 30. The commissioner shall devote full time during business hours to the duties of the office. In the case of an absence or vacancy in the office of the commissioner, or in the case of disability as determined by the secretary, the secretary may designate an acting commissioner to serve as commissioner until the vacancy is filled or the absence or disability ceases. The acting commissioner shall have all the powers and duties of the commissioner and shall have similar qualifications as the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 4 - Officers and Employees

Section 4. Subject to appropriation, the commissioner of energy resources with the approval of the governor may appoint such persons as he shall deem necessary to perform the functions of the department and his office, provided that the provisions of chapter thirty-one and section nine A of chapter thirty shall not apply to any person holding any such appointment. Every person so appointed to any position in his office shall have experience and skill in the field of such position. So far as practicable in the judgment of the commissioner, appointments to such positions in his office shall be made by promoting or transferring employees of the commonwealth serving in positions which are classified under chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, and such appointments shall at all times reflect the professional needs of the department or division affected. If an employee serving in a position which is classified under chapter thirty-one or in which an employee has tenure by reason of section nine A of chapter thirty of the general laws shall be appointed to a position within this office which is not subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the general laws, the employee shall upon termination of his service in such position be restored to the position which he held immediately prior to such appointment; provided, however, that his service in such position shall be determined by the civil service commission in accordance with the standards applied by said commission in administering chapter thirty-one. Such restoration shall be made without impairment of his civil service status or tenure under section nine A of chapter thirty of the General Laws and without loss of seniority, retirement or other rights to which uninterrupted service in such prior position would have entitled him. During the period of such appointment, each person so appointed from a position in the classified civil service shall be eligible to take any competitive promotional examination for which he would otherwise have been eligible.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 5 - Reports Filed With Legislative Committees

Section 5. The commissioner shall file an annual report with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy and the senate and house committees on ways and means: (a) listing the number of employees of the department of energy resources, the salaries and titles of each employee, the source of funding for the salaries of said employees and the projected date when federal funds for such positions are expected to terminate; (b) listing and describing grant programs of the department funded by the federal government, including the amount of funding by grant; (c) listing and describing other programs of the department, including the amount and source of funding by program; and (d) describing the energy audit, energy conservation and alternative energy bond programs by categories of projects, prospective grantees under each category, if known, and amounts to be spent by category and grantee. Such reports shall be filed annually on or before December thirty-first and shall refer to activities planned for the subsequent calendar year. The commissioner shall also file with said committees an annual report detailing all expenditures under each program administered by the division, including the energy audit, energy conservation and alternative energy bond programs, identified by categories of projects and grantees under each category, together with all available documentation of energy savings resulting from such expenditures. Such reports shall be filed on or before March first of each year and shall refer to activities in the preceding calendar year.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 8 - Declaration of Energy Emergency

Section 8. The governor shall have the authority to declare an energy emergency in the commonwealth due to actual or imminent severe energy supply interruption in the commonwealth, or resulting from the obligating of the United States under the international energy program of the United States, or like obligation. The declaration of an energy emergency shall comply with the requirements of Section 2 of chapter 30A with regard to emergency regulations. Upon issuance of such declaration of an energy emergency the Governor shall implement, at his discretion, with or without any federal delegation, action or approval (i) such energy supply shortage contingency plans including conservation contingency plans and rationing contingency plans as have been developed by the department and which conform to the substantive requirements of 42 USC Secs. 6261–6275 and (ii) any petroleum plan or other measures which comply with the substantive requirements of 15 USC Sec. 751–760H or successor federal legislation. Any such declaration of an energy emergency, as provided in this section, shall expire in ninety days after promulgation. In the event the governor deems it necessary to extend the energy emergency beyond said ninety days, he shall file with the general court legislation authorizing such extension. The Governor shall have the authority to adopt and enforce such energy emergency measures as may be delegated by the United States and which are consistent with law.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 9 - Information Obtained From Other Agencies or Political Subdivisions

Section 9. To assist the office in the discharge of its duties, the commissioner may request from any agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth any information relevant to the discharge of such duties.  An information copy of each application submitted by any state agency, including all state institutions of higher learning or any political subdivision of any public agency, for a grant or loan with respect to any energy development or energy conservation program, including the acquisition of land and facilities for these purposes, shall be filed with the department no later than the twentieth day after submission of said application.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 10a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 10a - Competitive Bidding Procedure for Municipal Green Communities

Section 10A. The division shall design and implement a competitive bidding procedure for the procurement of electric generation from renewable and alternative generating facilities on behalf of municipalities certified as green communities under section 10. Any competitive bids received shall include payment options with rates that remain uniform for a minimum of 5 years. In lieu of designing and implementing a competitive bidding process as required by this section, the director may become a member of programs organized and administered by the Health and Educational Facilities Authority or its subsidiary organization for the purpose of such competitive group purchasing of electricity.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 11a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 11a - Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service Program; Enforcement; Penalties

Section 11A. (a) The commissioner of energy resources is hereby authorized to prepare a state plan and to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement the Massachusetts commercial and apartment conservation service program, including requiring all utilities, as defined in section one of chapter four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty, to offer the program requirements to qualified customers, as determined by the commissioner, in such manner and at such times as the commissioner may require, and to establish and regulate the fees to be charged by utilities for such services. The commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt such additional state program requirements beyond the minimum federal program requirements, establish in accordance with Title VII of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, Public Law 95–619, which are found to be in the public interest.  (b) The commissioner of energy resources shall have the power to enforce the provisions of said program pursuant to the same remedies and procedures established in section eight of said chapter four hundred and sixty-five, including, without limiting the foregoing, the authority to assess civil penalties up to twenty-five thousand dollars against any person, utility, energy auditor, supplier, installer, or lender participating under the state plan who violates any provision of the plan, or this section, or any rule or order adopted or issued hereunder.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 11b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 11b - Motor Vehicles Owned by Commonwealth; Fuel Efficiency

Section 11B. Motor vehicles owned and operated by the commonwealth, as they are removed from service, shall only be replaced with vehicles that have above-average fuel efficiency for new vehicles within their size class as determined by the federal government. The provisions of this section shall not apply in cases where the purchase of an above-average fuel efficiency vehicle within their size class as determined by the federal government would result in an inability of the new vehicle to perform its intended duties.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 11g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 11g - Coordination of Ratepayer-Funded Energy Efficiency Programs

Section 11G. The department of energy resources shall have the authority to oversee and coordinate ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs. The department shall seek to achieve goals including, but not limited to, the following: (i) ensure that energy efficiency funds are allocated equitably among customer classes; (ii) ensure that there will be adequate support for ''lost opportunity'' efficiency programs in areas such as new construction, remodeling, and replacement of worn-out equipment; (iii) give due emphasis to statewide market transformation programs in order to systematically eliminate market barriers to energy efficiency goods and services; and (iv) provide weatherization and efficiency services to low-income customers. The department of energy resources shall annually file a report with the department of telecommunications and energy on the proposed funding levels for energy efficiency programs. The department of public utilities shall review and approve energy efficiency expenditures after determining that implementation of such programs was cost-effective. The department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 11h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 11h - Assessments Against Electric and Gas Utility Companies; Rate Determined and Certified Annually by Commissioner

Section 11H. (a) The department of energy resources may make an assessment against each electric and gas utility company doing business in the commonwealth. This section shall not apply to municipally owned electric and gas companies.  (b) The assessments shall be made to finance activities undertaken by the department in accordance with section 11G related to oversight and coordination of ratepayer funded programs for energy efficiency, energy conservation, and demand reduction programs.  (c) The assessment shall be made at a rate determined and certified annually by the commissioner as sufficient to reimburse the commonwealth for funds appropriated by the general court for activities of the department related to the oversight and coordination of programs for energy efficiency, energy conservation, and demand reduction. The assessment shall not exceed an amount equal to 3.75 per cent of the total annual mandatory charge collected by each utility company under section 19 of chapter 25 in the case of electric companies, or 3.75 per cent of the efficiency budgets as approved by the department of public utilities or otherwise required by law in the case of gas companies, as applicable. Assessments made under this section shall be charged by the utility companies against the revenues so collected under section 19 of chapter 25 or as the revenues are approved by the department of public utilities or otherwise required by law, as applicable. Each company shall pay the amount assessed against it within 30 days after the date of the notice of assessment from the department.
MA Gen L ch 25a § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25a - Division of Energy Resources|Section 12 - Regulations; Submission to General Court

Section 12. Except for emergency regulations adopted pursuant to section two of chapter thirty A, and except for actions taken under section eight of this chapter, any regulation, as defined in section one of said chapter thirty A, or any amendment or repeal of any such regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter, shall, after compliance with all applicable provisions of said chapter thirty A, except section five, shall be submitted to the general court. Said commissioner shall file the proposed regulation, amendment or repeal with the clerk of the house of representatives, together with a statement that the pertinent provisions of said chapter thirty A, except section five have been complied with. Such regulations shall be accompanied by a summary of the regulations in layman's terms. The clerk of the house of representatives, with the approval of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, shall refer such regulations to the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy. Within thirty days after such referral, said committee may hold a public hearing on the regulations and shall issue a report to said commissioner. Said commissioner shall review said report and shall adopt final regulations as deemed appropriate in view of said report and shall file with the chairmen of such reporting committee its final regulations. Not earlier than thirty days after the filing of such report with the committee, said commissioner shall file the final regulations with the state secretary as provided in section five of said chapter A and said regulations shall thereupon take effect.