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MA Gen L ch 164 § 69d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69d - Cadet Engineers; Selection

Section 69D. Applicants for training and employment as cadet engineers shall be selected by a selection committee as hereinafter provided upon request of the municipal light board.  The selection committee shall be appointed by the municipal light board and shall be comprised of not less than five nor more than seven members; provided, however, that the committee shall include the manager and shall include at least two educators who are residents of the contracting city or town. The members of the selection committee shall be appointed for a term of one year, and shall serve without compensation.  At least three weeks prior to the date of final selection of the applicants for training and employment as cadet engineers the municipal light board shall cause a notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the contracting city or town, which notice shall state that applications will be received for appointments of cadet engineers pursuant to the provisions of sections sixty-nine B to sixty-nine F, inclusive. The notice shall state the time and place at which such applications will be received.  An applicant for appointment as a cadet engineer shall be a resident of the contracting city or town, a graduate of a duly accredited high school, not less than seventeen nor more than twenty-five years of age and shall have been accepted for admission to or be enrolled in a duly accredited college or university having a course of study leading to a degree of bachelor of science in engineering, or shall have been accepted for admission to or be enrolled in a duly accredited community college or other educational institution, having a course of study in the sciences or engineering which courses would be accepted at a college or university having a course of study leading to a degree of bachelor of science in engineering.  The municipal light board shall specify the number of cadet engineers to be selected from among the applicants. The selection committee shall select cadet engineers from among the applicants on the basis of academic ability, past courses of study and good moral character. The selection committee shall not discriminate among the applicants because of race, color, creed or national origin.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69e - Cadet Engineers; Civil Service Laws; Retirement Benefits; Workmen's Compensation

Section 69E. The employment of the cadet engineer in ''on the job training'' shall not be subject to civil service laws and rules, but the appointment shall be reported to the division of personnel administration in such form as the personnel administrator may require.  A cadet engineer in ''on the job training'' shall not be subject to or entitled to the benefits of pension and retirement laws nor shall any deductions be taken from his pay for these purposes.  The employment of a cadet engineer in graduate on the job training shall not be subject to civil service law and rules but such cadet engineer shall be subject to and entitled to the benefit of retirement laws and pensions, and deductions shall be made from his salary and paid into the contributory retirement system of the city or town in accordance with the provisions of the contributory retirement laws. The on the job training period of any cadet engineer who continues in the employ of the contracting city or town as a permanent full-time employee shall be considered as creditable service for purposes of retirement laws, pension laws and other laws pertaining to municipal employees; provided, however, that such cadet engineer shall pay into the retirement fund such sums as may be required by the retirement board to acquire such creditable service; and, provided, further, that time in attendance at a community college, college, university or other educational institution shall not be considered as creditable service under this section.  Cadet engineers when actually employed in ''on the job training'' shall be considered as employees of the contracting city or town for purposes of chapter 152.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69f - Expenses

Section 69F. All expenses, obligations or commitments for the payment of money incurred by the contracting city or town, pursuant to the provisions of sections sixty-nine B to sixty-nine E, inclusive, shall be considered as part of the annual expense of the plant for the year in which they are incurred, and shall be paid from the income of the plant in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69n - Parties in Interest to Proceedings

Section 69N. The parties in interest to the proceedings on a petition for a certificate shall include the following: (1) the applicant; (2) each public officer entitled to receive notice of the filing under the provisions of section 69L or section 69L.5, whichever is applicable, provided that such officer files with the board within thirty days of the date of filing specified in the notice of filing under 69L or section 69L.5, whichever is applicable, a statement of intention to become a party in interest; (3) such other persons or organizations as may be permitted to intervene pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A, provided that they have filed with the board, within thirty days of the filing date specified in the publication of the notice of the petition, a petition to be admitted as a party in interest; and (4) any other person whom the board by a majority vote of its members, admits as an intervening party.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69o - Decision Granting or Denying Application; Findings and Opinions; Applicability

Section 69O. As expeditiously as possible but in no event later than six months from the date of filing of the petition for a certificate pursuant to section 69K, the board shall by a majority vote render a decision upon the petition either by denying the petition or by granting the petition, or by granting the petition subject to such terms and conditions as the board may determine. Neither the board nor any other person shall be bound by the requirements of section sixty-one to sixty-two H, inclusive, of chapter thirty to the extent that compliance with said requirements will prevent the board from rendering a decision upon the petition within the time limits of this section.  The board shall make its decision in writing and shall include therein its findings and opinions with respect to the following:  (1) the need for the facility to meet the energy requirements of the applicant's market area taking into account wholesale bulk power or gas sales or purchases or other co-operative arrangements with other utilities and energy policies as adopted by the commonwealth;  (2) the compatibility of the facility with considerations of environmental protection, public health and public safety;  (3) The extent to which construction and operation of the facility will fail to conform with existing state and local laws, ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations and reasonableness of exemption thereunder, if any, consistent with the implementation of the energy policies contained in this chapter to provide a necessary energy supply for the commonwealth with a minimum impact on the environment at the lowest possible cost; and  (4) the public interest, convenience and necessity requiring construction and operation of the facility.  The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of a petition for a certificate with respect to a generating facility filed pursuant to section 69K.5, which shall be subject to the provisions of section 69O.5.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69o1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69o1/2 - Decision Granting or Denying Application With Regard to a Generating Facility; Findings and Opinions

Section 69O1/2. As expeditiously as possible, but in no event later than 180 days from the date of filing a petition for a certificate with regard to a generating facility pursuant to section 69K.5, the board shall, by a majority vote, render a decision upon the petition either by denying the petition or by granting the petition, or by granting the petition subject to such terms and conditions as the board may determine. Neither the board nor any other person shall be bound by the requirements of sections 61 to 62H, inclusive, of chapter 30 to the extent that compliance with said requirements will prevent the board from rendering a decision upon the petition within the time limits of the section.  A certificate shall be issued only if the board determines that the issues raised by state agencies or local governments regarding the proposed generating facility have been addressed in a comprehensive manner by the board either in its approval of said generating facility under section 69J.25 or in its review under section 69K.5. The board shall make its decision in writing and shall include therein its findings and opinions with respect to the following: (i) the compatibility of the generating facility with considerations of environmental protection, public health, and public safety; (ii) the extent to which construction and operation of the generating facility will fail to conform with existing state and local laws, ordinances, by-laws, rules, and regulations and reasonableness of exemption thereunder, if any, consistent with the implementation of the energy policies contained in this chapter; and (iii) the public interest or convenience requiring construction and operation of the generating facility.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69p - Judicial Review

Section 69P. Any party in interest aggrieved by a decision of the board shall have a right to judicial review in the manner provided by section five of chapter twenty-five. The scope of such judicial review shall be limited to whether the decision of the board is in conformity with the constitution of the commonwealth and the constitution of the United States, was made in accordance with the procedures established under section sixty-nine H to section sixty-nine O and with the rules and regulations of the board with respect to such provisions, was supported by substantial evidence of record in the board's proceedings; and was arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of the board's discretion under the provisions of section sixty-nine H to section sixty-nine O.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69q (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69q - Joint Inter-Agency Investigations, Hearings or Orders; Interstate Compacts and Federal Agreements Authorized

Section 69Q. The board, in the discharge of its duties under this chapter, is authorized to make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the commonwealth, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official agency of any state or of the federal government. Whether in the holding of such investigations of hearings, or in the making of such orders, the board may function under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the federal government or otherwise. The board, in the discharge of its duties under this section is further authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of the federal government or other states, pursuant to any consent of congress, for cooperative efforts in certifying the construction, operation and maintenance of energy facilities in accord with the purposes of this section and for the enforcement of the respective laws of the commonwealth or of said states regarding same.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69r - Eminent Domain; Taking by Electric or Gas Companies, Generation Companies or Wholesale Generation Companies; Procedures; Restrictions

Section 69R. Any electric or gas company, generation company, or wholesale generation company may petition the department for the right to exercise the power of eminent domain with respect to the facility or facilities specified and contained in a petition submitted in accordance with section 69J or a bulk power supply substation if such company is unable to reach agreement with the owners of land for the acquisition of any necessary estate or interest in land. The applicant shall forward, at the time of filing such petition, a copy thereof to each city, town, and property owner affected.  The company shall file with such petition or have annexed thereto: (1) a statement of the use for which such land is to be taken; (2) a description of land to be taken sufficient for the identification thereof; (3) a statement of the estate or interest in the land to be taken for such use; (4) a plan showing the land to be taken; (5) a statement of the sum of money established by such utility to be just compensation for the land to be taken; and (6) such additional maps and information as the department requires.  The department after such notice as it may direct, shall give a public hearing or hearings in the community in which the land to be taken is located. For facilities involving takings in several communities, a public hearing or hearings shall be held in communities in proximity to the land to be taken, as determined by the department. The department may thereafter authorize the company to take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine such lands necessary for the construction of the facility as are required in the public interest, convenience and necessity. The department shall transmit a certified copy of its order to the company and to the clerk of each affected community.  If the department dismisses the petition at any stage in said proceedings, no further action shall be taken thereon, except that the company may file a new petition after the expiration of a year from such dismissal.  Following a taking under this section, the electric or gas company may forthwith proceed to utilize such land. If the electric or gas company shall not utilize the lands so taken for the purpose or purposes authorized in the department's order within such time as the department shall determine, its rights under such taking shall cease and terminate.  No land, rights of way or other easements therein in any public way, public place, public park or reservation shall be taken by eminent domain under the provisions of this section.  This section shall not be construed as abrogating the department's jurisdiction described in section 72 in respect to transmission lines or the department's jurisdiction described in sections 75B to 75G, inclusive, in respect to natural gas transmission lines.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 69s (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 69s - Eminent Domain With Respect to Oil Pipelines; Requisite Procedures; Rights Relative to Taking

Section 69S. Any company may petition the board for the right to exercise the power of eminent domain with respect to oil pipelines specified and contained in the proposed notice of intention submitted in accordance with section 69J if such company is unable to reach agreement with the owners of land for acquisition of any necessary estate or interest in land. The company shall forward at the time of filing such petition a copy thereof to each city and town affected. The company shall file with such petition or have annexed thereto: (1) a statement of the use for which such land is to be taken; (2) a description of land to be taken sufficient for the identification thereof; (3) a statement of the estate or interest in the land to be taken for such use; (4) a plan showing the land to be taken; (5) a statement of the sum of money established by such company to be just compensation for the land to be taken; and (6) such additional maps and information as the board requires.  The board after such notice as it may direct, shall give a public hearing or hearings in the community in which the greater portion of said land in question is located. The board may thereafter authorize the company to take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine such lands necessary for the construction of the oil pipeline as required in the public interest, convenience and necessity. The board shall transmit a certified copy of its order to the company, to the clerk of each affected community and to each affected land owner.  If the board dismisses the petition at any stage in said proceedings, no further action shall be taken thereon, except that the company may file a new petition after the expiration of a year from such dismissal.  Following a taking under this section, the company may forthwith proceed to utilize such land. If the company shall not utilize the land so taken for the purpose or purposes authorized in the board's order within such time as the board shall determine, its rights under such taking shall cease and terminate.  No land, rights of way or other easements therein in any public way, public place, public park or reservation shall be taken by eminent domain under the provisions of this section.  This section shall apply only to oil pipelines which are facilities as defined in section sixty-nine G.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 70 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 70 - Opening of Streets by Gas Company; Liability; Repairing Streets

Section 70. A gas company may, with the written consent of the aldermen or the selectmen, dig up and open the ground in any of the streets, lanes and highways of a town, so far as necessary to accomplish the objects of said corporation; but such consent shall not affect the right or remedy to recover damages for an injury caused to persons or property by the acts of such corporation. It shall put all such streets, lanes and highways in as good repair as they were in when opened; and upon failure so to do within a reasonable time, shall be guilty of a nuisance.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 70a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 70a - Application to Department to Lay Main; Hearing; Determination; Fees

Section 70A. Any gas company desiring to lay a main for the transmission of gas which will of necessity pass through one or more cities or towns to connect the termini of such main, whose petition for the location necessary for such main has been refused, or has not been granted within three months after the filing thereof by the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town through which said company intends to construct such main for the purpose aforesaid, may apply to said department for such location. The department shall give a public hearing thereon after notice to the board of aldermen or selectmen refusing or neglecting to grant such location, and to all persons owning real estate abutting upon any way in the city or town where such location is sought, as such ownership is determined by the last assessment for taxation. The department shall, if requested by the board of aldermen or selectmen, hold said hearing in the city or town where the location is sought. If it appears at the hearing that the company has already been granted and has accepted a location for such main in two cities, or in two towns, or in a city and town, adjoining the city or town because of the refusal or neglect of whose board of aldermen or selectmen to grant a location therefor the application is made, and if the department deems the location necessary for public convenience, and in the public interest, it may by order grant a location for such main in the city or town with respect to which the application is made, and shall have and exercise relative thereto the same powers and authority conferred by section seventy upon the board of aldermen or selectmen, and in addition to the provisions of law governing such company may impose such other terms, limitations and restrictions as it deems public interest may require. The department shall cause an attested copy of its order, with the certificate of its clerk, endorsed thereon, that the order was adopted after due notice and a public hearing as hereinbefore prescribed, to be forwarded to the city or town clerk, who shall record the same and furnish attested copies thereof. The company in whose favor the order is made shall pay for such record and attested copies thereof the fees provided by clauses (34) and (35), respectively, of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 71 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 71 - Construction of Transmission Lines

Section 71. A corporation subject to this chapter may, as provided in chapter one hundred and sixty-six, construct lines for the transmission of electricity. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a corporation that is not subject to this chapter from constructing lines for the transmission of electricity nor shall it authorize the corporation to construct lines for the transmission of electricity.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 72a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 72a - Survey Preliminary to Eminent Domain Proceedings; Notice to Landowners; Damages

Section 72A. The department may upon petition authorize an electric company to enter upon lands of any person or corporation for the purpose of making a survey preliminary to eminent domain proceedings. The department shall give notice of the authorization granted, by registered mail, to the landowners involved at least five days prior to any entry by such electric company. The company entering upon any such lands shall be subject to liability for any damages occasioned thereby, to be recovered under chapter seventy-nine.