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MA Gen L ch 164 § 84a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 84a - Condensed Return of Business and Financial Condition

Section 84A. Gas and electric companies and manufacturing companies and persons engaged in the manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of gas or electricity shall file with the department, with their annual returns required under section eighty-three, a condensed return of their business and financial condition, in such form and with such detail as the department requires, signed and sworn to by the president or vice president and treasurer or assistant treasurer, setting forth the amount of receipts and expenditures and the amount of each of the principal items of operating expenses, amounts accrued for interest and other carrying charges for capital, taxes, amounts accrued for depreciation and amounts reserved or available for payment of dividends, and at the same time file with the clerk of each city and town in which they operate a copy of such condensed return which shall be kept in the clerk's office and shall be open to public inspection during office hours. The provisions of section eighty-four relative to returns under section eighty-three shall apply to returns and copies thereof required to be filed under this section.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 85 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 85 - Examination of Records by Department; Confidential Nature of Information; ''affiliated Company'' Defined

Section 85. The officers and employees of the department may be authorized by it to examine the books, contracts, records, documents and memoranda or the physical property of any company subject to this chapter, and of any affiliated company with respect to any relations, transactions or dealings, direct or indirect, between such affiliated company and any company so subject, and, for any examination so authorized, shall be entitled to full access to the subject matter thereof. No such officer or employee shall divulge any fact or information coming to his knowledge during the course of such an examination unless directed by the department or by the court, or authorized by law.  For the purposes of this section and of section seventy-six A, the words ''affiliated company'' shall include any corporation, society, trust, association, partnership or individual (a) controlling a company subject to this chapter, either directly, by ownership of a majority of its voting stock or of such minority thereof as to give it substantial control of such company, or indirectly, by ownership of such a majority or minority of the voting stock of another corporation or association so controlling such company; or (b) so controlled by a corporation, society, trust, association, partnership or individual controlling as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, a company subject to this chapter; or (c) standing in such a relation to a company subject to this chapter that there is an absence of equal bargaining power between the corporation, society, trust, association, partnership or individual and the company so subject, in respect to their dealings and transactions.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 85a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 85a - Filing Copies of Existing Contracts With Affiliated Companies

Section 85A. A gas or electric company that has, prior to the effective date of this section, entered into or shall thereafter enter into any contract with an affiliated company as defined in section eighty-five, for the payment of any fees, salaries, commissions or percentages for services of any kind furnished or rendered, or to be furnished or rendered, to such gas or electric company shall file with the department within ten days after said effective date a copy of any such existing contract and any extension or modification thereof, if in writing, or, if not in writing, a statement of all the terms thereof, and within ten days after the execution of any such contract, or of any extension or modification of any such contract whether or not existing on said effective date, a copy thereof, if in writing, or, if not in writing, a statement setting forth all the terms thereof. A gas or electric company failing to file a copy or statement as required herein shall forfeit five dollars for each day during which such failure continues. All such forfeitures may be recovered by an information in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the attorney general, at the relation of the department, and when so recovered shall be paid to the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 86 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 86 - Consent of Municipality to Entry of Another Gas Company

Section 86. In a town where a gas company exists in active operation, or where a person owns or operates works for the manufacture and sale of gas, no other gas company, nor any other person, shall dig up and open the streets, lanes and highways of such town in order to lay gas pipes therein, without the consent of the aldermen or selectmen, granted after notice by publication or otherwise to all parties interested and a public hearing.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 87 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 87 - Consent of Municipality to Entry of Another Electric Company

Section 87. In a town where a person is engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of electricity, no other person shall lay, erect, maintain or use, over or under the streets, lanes and highways of such town, any wires for the transmission of electricity except wires used by street railway companies for heat or power, without the consent of the aldermen or selectmen granted after notice to all parties interested and a public hearing.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 88 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 88 - Review of Decision Issued Under Secs. 86 or 87

Section 88. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the aldermen or selectmen, under either of the two preceding sections, may, within thirty days after notice of said decision, appeal therefrom to the department, which shall thereupon give due notice and hear all parties interested, and its decision shall be final.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 89 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 89 - Rights of Another Municipality to Enter Another Town

Section 89. A town which has duly acquired a municipal lighting plant and is authorized to supply gas or electricity in any other town shall have all the rights which a private corporation supplying gas or electricity in said other town would have under the three preceding sections.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 90 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 90 - Conditions Imposed Upon Entry of Supplier of Electricity in Bulk

Section 90. In consenting to the laying, erecting, maintaining or using by an electric company, for the sole purpose of supplying electricity in bulk, of any wires for the transmission of electricity over or under streets, lanes and highways, as provided in section eighty-seven, the aldermen or selectmen may, in addition to the laws governing such companies, impose such other terms as they deem public interest requires, and upon an appeal under section eighty-eight, the department may, in addition to its authority under said section, affirm, amend, alter or add to the terms so imposed as it deems public interest requires.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 91 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 91 - Enforcement of Conditions Imposed Under Sec. 90

Section 91. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, on application of the department or of the mayor of any city or the selectmen of any town where electricity is distributed and sold under the preceding section, to compel the observance and to restrain the violation of any provision thereof and of the general laws relating to electric companies and of all lawful orders, decisions and terms made or imposed by the department or by the aldermen or selectmen under said section.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 92 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 92 - Right of User to Gas or Electricity

Section 92. On written petition of any person, having a residence or place of business in a town where a corporation is engaged in the manufacture, transmission or sale of gas or the distribution of electricity, aggrieved by its refusal or neglect to supply him with gas or electricity, the department may, after notice to the corporation to appear at a time and place therein named to show cause why the prayer of such petition should not be granted, issue an order directing and requiring it to supply the petitioner with gas or electricity, upon such terms and conditions as are legal and reasonable; provided, however, that if such corporation is engaged in such town solely in the transmission of gas such order shall not be made where it appears that compliance therewith would result in permanent financial loss to the corporation. Grants of locations in the streets, lanes and highways of such town for the pipes or lines necessary to the supplying of gas or electricity in pursuance of such an order by a corporation solely engaged as aforesaid shall be subject to the provisions of sections eighty-six to ninety-one, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 92a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 92a - Right of User in Bulk to Gas

Section 92A. On written petition of any person, corporation or municipality aggrieved by the refusal or neglect to supply gas in bulk at reasonable rates by any person, corporation or municipality engaged, subject to the provisions of this chapter, in the manufacture, transmission or sale of gas, the department may, after notice to such last-mentioned person, corporation or municipality to appear at a time and place therein named to show cause why the prayer of such petition should not be granted, issue an order directing and requiring him or it to supply the petitioner with gas, upon such terms and conditions as are legal and reasonable; provided, that such order shall not be made where it appears that compliance therewith would result in permanent financial loss to such person, corporation or municipality. Grants of locations in streets, lanes and highways for pipes or lines necessary to the supplying of gas in pursuance of such order shall be subject to the provisions of sections eighty-six to ninety-one, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 93 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 93 - Price or Quality of Gas or Electricity; Public Hearing; Notice

Section 93. On written complaint of the attorney general, of the mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where a gas or electric company is operated, or of twenty customers thereof, either as to the quality or price of the gas or electricity sold and delivered, the department shall notify said company by leaving at its office a copy of such complaint, and shall thereupon, after notice, give a public hearing to such complainant and said company, and after such hearing may order any reduction or change in the price or prices of gas or electricity or an improvement in the quality thereof, and a report of such proceedings and the result thereof shall be included in the report required by section seventy-seven. Such an order may likewise be made by the department, after notice and hearing as aforesaid, upon its own motion. The price or prices fixed by any such order shall not thereafter be changed by said company except as provided in section ninety-four.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 941/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 941/2 - Sales of Compressed Natural Gas for Use as a Motor Fuel

 Section 941/2. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section ninety-four or any other law to the contrary, the rates and terms for the sale of compressed natural gas by a fueling station for use as a motor vehicle fuel shall not be subject to regulation by the department; provided, however, that any gas company which sells compressed natural gas for use as a motor vehicle fuel shall keep separate records, books, and accounts of such unregulated sales which are sufficient to allow the department to allocate costs and revenues; and provided, further, that such gas company's sale of compressed natural gas for use as a motor vehicle fuel and its investment in related infrastructure shall not reduce the availability or increase the cost of natural gas to said company's customers who purchase natural gas for use other than as a motor vehicle fuel.  [ There is no subsection (b).]
MA Gen L ch 164 § 94a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 94a - Contracts for Purchase of Gas or Electricity; Review of Price Paid

 Section 94A. No gas or electric company shall hereafter enter into a contract for the purchase of gas or electricity covering a period in excess of one year without the approval of the department, unless such contract contains a provision subjecting the price to be paid thereunder for gas or electricity to review and determination by the department in any proceeding brought under section ninety-three or ninety-four; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting a contract for the purchase of gas or electricity from a person or corporation engaged in manufacturing, where the manufacture, sale or distribution of gas or electricity by such person or corporation is a minor portion of his or its business, and which contract is made in connection with a contract to supply such person or corporation with gas or electricity, or as affecting a contract for the purchase of electricity from an alternative energy producer. In any such proceeding the department may review and determine the price to be thereafter paid for gas or electricity under a contract containing said provision for review. Any contract covering a period in excess of one year subject to approval as aforesaid, and which is not so approved or which does not contain said provision for review, shall be null and void. The department is authorized to exempt any electric or generation company from any or all of the provisions of this section upon a determination by the department, after notice and a hearing, that an alternative process or incentive mechanism is in the public interest.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 94b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 94b - Contracts With Affiliated Companies; Approval by Department

 Section 94B. No gas or electric company shall, without the approval of the department, hereafter enter into a contract with a company related to it as an affiliated company, as defined in section eighty-five, covering a period in excess of one year, by virtue of which any compensation is to be paid by the said gas or electric company in whole or in part for services rendered by such affiliated company, unless such contract contains a provision subjecting the amount of compensation to be paid thereunder to review and determination by the department in any proceeding brought under section ninety-three or ninety-four. In any such proceeding the department may review and determine the amount of compensation to be thereafter paid under a contract containing such provision for review, and, if it appears that the amount agreed on is excessive, the department may declare the said contract to be terminated forthwith, even if no bad faith be found. Any contract covering a period in excess of one year, subject to approval as aforesaid, and which is not so approved or which does not contain such provision for review, shall be null and void.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 94c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 94c - Dealings Between Gas or Electric Affiliated Company; Burden of Proof

 Section 94C. Whenever, in any proceeding before the department under section fourteen, ninety-two, ninety-two A, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-four A or ninety-four B, the reasonableness of any payment, charge, contract, purchase, sale, obligation or other arrangement between a gas or electric company and a company related to it as an affiliated company, as defined in section eighty-five, shall come into question, the burden of establishing and proving the reasonableness of such payment, charge, contract, purchase, sale, obligation or other arrangement shall be upon such gas or electric company. For purposes of determining the value of an investment in an affiliated company, as defined by section eighty-five, in any proceeding before the department under the above named sections, the valuation shall be the lesser of the actual cost of the investment, as defined by the uniform system of accounts adopted by the department, or the net original cost of the property of the affiliate used and useful in providing service to the customers of the investing company.  Whenever the rates and charges of the affiliated company are regulated by the Federal Power Commission the department shall not establish rates and charges for the investing company which provide a higher return on the investment than that found to be fair and reasonable by the Federal Power Commission.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 94d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 94d - Penalties for Delinquencies and Discounts

 Section 94D. No gas or electric company shall collect from a customer on account of his failure to pay any bill due for gas or electricity furnished to him for domestic purposes any charges as, or in the nature of, a penalty; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the collection of any amount allowable as a discount from such a bill in the event of its payment within a period specified therein, if the right to such discount has been forfeited by failure so to pay such bill. No gas or electric company shall collect from the commonwealth or any city, town, county or political subdivision thereof, on account of its failure to pay any bill due for gas or electricity furnished to the commonwealth, or any city, town, county or political subdivision thereof, any charges as, or in the nature of, a penalty until the expiration of fifty-five days from the date of such bill; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the collection of any amount allowable as a discount from such a bill in the event of its payment within a period specified therein, if the right to such a discount has been forfeited by failure so to pay such bill.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 94e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 94e - Notification of Termination of Contract Filed Under Sec. 94

 Section 94E. A gas or electric company required to file any contract with the department under section ninety-four shall, unless such contract terminates at a time expressly stated therein, notify the department forthwith upon the termination thereof.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 94f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 94f - Rates, Prices and Charges of Gas Companies; Effect of Orders of f.p.c.

 Section 94F. In connection with any investigation by the department concerning the rates, prices and charges made by a gas company, the department may take into consideration the rates, charges, classifications and schedules on file with the Federal Power Commission whereby the cost of gas purchased or received by such gas company is fixed and determined. If, while such investigation is pending before the department, a proceeding shall be instituted or be pending before the Federal Power Commission or an appeal therefrom to any court having jurisdiction, with respect to or affecting the cost of gas payable by such gas company, the department shall consider as an item of operating expense to said gas company the cost of gas set forth in rates, charges, classifications and schedules on file with the Federal Power Commission. If the cost of gas payable by said gas company shall be reduced by the official order of the Federal Power Commission or by official decree of the court, if appealed thereto, and the department shall have entered an order approving rates of said gas company based upon the cost of gas set forth in the rates, charges, classifications and schedules on file with the Federal Power Commission which were later reduced as above set forth, the department, upon its own motion or upon complaint and after notice and hearing, may order said gas company to refund to its customers any sums refunded to said gas company for the period subsequent to the effective date of the order of the department approving rates for the gas company as above set forth and may impose such restrictions, limitations, terms and conditions in such order as are considered necessary by it. The department may also make such order, upon its own motion or upon complaint and after due notice and hearing, in any case where the Federal Power Commission has ordered and a gas company has received a refund from a natural gas pipe line company as defined in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 94h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 94h - Condominiums; Common Areas; Rates

 Section 94H. No gas or electric company shall furnish gas or electricity to the common areas and facilities which are for the exclusive use of the owners of a condominium, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and eight-three A, at a rate higher than that charged for gas and electricity furnished to individual units of the condominium which rate shall be set forth in the schedules of such gas or electric company applicable to residential use. The department may establish regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.