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MA Gen L ch 164 § 73 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 73 - Pipes, Mains, Wires and Conduits Crossing Railroads

Section 73. A corporation subject to this chapter, to the extent that it is authorized to make, sell, transmit or distribute gas or electricity, or both, may, for the purposes of such sale, transmission, or distribution, lay, erect and maintain pipes, wires, mains and conduits under, over or across the location on private land of any railroad, electric railroad or street railway corporation at such places and in such manner and on such terms and conditions as it may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree, then with the consent of the department and at such places, in such manner, with such safeguards and upon such compensation, terms and conditions as it may specify; but no pole, tower or similar structure shall be located within the location of such railroad, electric railroad or street railway corporation without its consent; provided, however, that if such corporation has lawfully constructed for such purposes poles, towers or similar structures within the location of such railroad, electric railroad or street railway corporation, then it shall not thereafter be required to remove, abandon or cease to operate such facilities without the consent of the department. If the department, after notice and public hearing, determines that the continued operation of such facilities will serve the public convenience and is consistent with the public interest, it shall specify the terms and conditions for the continued operation thereof, including compensation to any person or corporation lawfully entitled thereto. The department may, from time to time, specify such changes in the manner of laying, erecting and maintaining such pipes, mains, wires and conduits and such facilities, and, in the terms and conditions thereof, as it deems advisable.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 74 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 74 - Recovery by Town of Damages Paid as Result of Defect in Street

Section 74. If a person injured in his person or property by a defect in a public way caused by the operations of a corporation subject to this chapter, in laying down or repairing its pipes, or in laying, erecting, maintaining or repairing its lines of wires, or in otherwise obstructing such way, recovers damages therefor in an action against the town where such injury is received, such town shall, if said corporation is liable for said damages and has had reasonable notice to appear and defend the original action, recover of said corporation the damages so recovered from it, with the taxable costs of both parties in such original action.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75 - Regulation by Municipal Authorities

Section 75. The aldermen or selectmen may regulate, restrict and control all acts and doings of a corporation subject to this chapter which may in any manner affect the health, safety, convenience or property of the inhabitants of their towns.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75a - Installation of Gas Meters; Compliance With Regulations for Preventing Escape of Gas

Section 75A. No gas company or municipality distributing gas shall install or replace a meter measuring gas supplied to any premises except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the department for preventing or retarding the escape of gas in case of fire. Said regulations shall be enforced by the department and may provide that any such gas meter installed on the outside of buildings may be subject to less stringent installation requirements if approved by the department.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75b - Qualifying to Do Business

Section 75B. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth which shall desire to construct and operate a natural gas pipeline situated wholly within the commonwealth may qualify to do business within the commonwealth as a natural gas pipeline company after hearing upon a petition filed with the department and after the department has determined that such facilities are necessary for the purpose alleged and will serve the public convenience and is consistent with the public interest. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth or of any other state or of the United States which holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' authorizing it to construct a natural gas transmission line and appurtenant facilities within the commonwealth, shall be considered as a natural gas pipeline company within the meaning of this chapter upon filing with the department a certified copy of such certificate.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75d - Survey Preliminary to Eminent Domain Proceedings; Liability

Section 75D. The provisions of section seventy-two A shall be applicable to natural gas pipe line companies.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75e - Regulation of Construction and Operation

Section 75E. Natural gas pipe line companies shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the department may prescribe or adopt pertaining to the construction and operation of such pipe lines for the purpose of insuring the safe operation thereof; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of said federal ''Natural Gas Act'', or of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75f - Restoration of Ground Surface Following Installation

Section 75F. Any natural gas pipe line company which lays pipes or other underground equipment or structures, or repairs or alters the same, on any land on which it does not have a fee or a binding agreement with the landowner, shall within sixty days after laying such pipes, equipment or structures, or making such repairs or alterations, restore the ground surface to a condition reasonably consistent with its condition before construction, repair or alteration, and any failure to comply with the provisions hereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each day of failure to so comply.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75g - Marking of Location of Underground Line

Section 75G. Any natural gas pipe line company which lays pipes or other underground equipment or structures on any land on which it does not have a fee, shall, within sixty days after laying such pipe, equipment or structure, mark on the land, in such manner as not to interfere with the use of such land, the actual location of such pipe, equipment or structure and furnish the owner of the land, within thirty days after the owner makes a written request therefor, with an accurate plan, suitable for recording or registration, showing the exact location of the pipe line easement with reference to the bounds and boundaries of the land. This obligation shall be specifically enforceable in equity by the supreme judicial or superior court upon application of the owner of the land, and in such proceeding the owner may recover the damages occasioned by or resulting from the failure or delay of the company in complying with the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 75h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 75h - Licenses, Permits, etc., for Pipeline Maintenance, Construction and Operation

Section 75H. A person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity which intends to construct a natural gas pipeline within this state and has filed for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to be issued under chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' or has filed a petition with the department as provided in section seventy-five B, shall be deemed to have such right, title, interest or standing to proceed to file and process any application for any permit, license, approval, order of any nature or description, of any state or local agency or instrumentality, necessary to obtain all governmental consents with regard to the location, construction, completion and operation of said pipeline within the state and shall be deemed to be a natural gas pipeline company for said purpose. The effective date of any such license, permit, order or governmental approval which may be granted or issued may be conditioned upon or suspended until the date of issuance of such certificate under chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' or determination by the department.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 76 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 76 - Supervisory Authority of Department

Section 76. The department shall have the general supervision of all gas and electric companies and shall make all necessary examination and inquiries and keep itself informed as to the condition of the respective properties owned by such corporations and the manner in which they are conducted with reference to the safety and convenience of the public, and as to their compliance with the provisions of law and the orders, directions and requirements of the department; provided, however, that any alternative energy producer shall not be considered to be a municipality, manufacturing company, corporation or other person engaged in the manufacture, sale, distribution or transmission of gas or electricity and shall be exempt from regulation by the department.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 76a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 76a - Dealings With Affiliated Companies

Section 76A. The department shall have the general supervision of every affiliated company, as defined in section eighty-five, with respect to all relations, transactions and dealings, direct or indirect, with the gas or electric company with which it is affiliated, which affect the operations of such gas or electric company, and shall make all necessary examination and inquiries and keep itself informed as to such relations, transactions and dealings as have a bearing upon the price of gas or electricity supplied by such company or the quality thereof. Such relations, transactions and dealings, including any payments by a gas or electric company to such an affiliated company for services or materials and supplies which enter into the manufacture, distribution or sale of gas or electricity, shall be subject to review and investigation by the department in any proceeding brought under section ninety-three or ninety-four, and the department may order such affiliated company to be joined as a party respondent with such gas or electric company in such a proceeding.  Every affiliated company having such relations, transactions and dealings with the gas or electric company with which it is affiliated shall make such annual or periodic reports and in such form as the department may by regulation prescribe in order to give the department effective supervision over all such relations, transactions and dealings.  The supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce compliance with this section and with all orders of the department made under authority thereof.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 76b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 76b - Streets or Ways; Construction Over, Across or Along High Pressure Gas Mains

Section 76B. Any person or municipality laying out or constructing a street, place or way, except a residential driveway, over, across or along a high pressure gas main operating at pressures in excess of two hundred pounds per square inch gauge, shall comply with the provisions of published rules of the department of telecommunications and energy governing the construction and maintenance of such pipe lines.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 76c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 76c - Rules and Regulations

Section 76C. The department may establish from time to time such reasonable rules and regulations consistent with this chapter as may be necessary to carry out the administration thereof.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 76d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 76d - Utility Underground Plant Damage Prevention System; Establishment

Section 76D. All natural gas pipeline companies, cable television companies, steam distribution companies and public utility companies, as defined in section three of chapter twenty-five, shall create, participate in and be responsible for the administration of a utility underground plant damage prevention system. Said system shall be operated during normal business hours each day of the year, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, for the purpose of receiving notices of proposed excavations in public ways, utility right of ways, and in privately owned land under which any public utility company, municipal utility department, cable television company, steam distribution company or natural gas pipeline company maintains underground facilities, including pipes, mains, wires or conduits, as are required by the provisions of section forty of chapter eighty-two. Said system shall be responsible, upon receipt of such notices, for immediately notifying such natural gas pipeline companies, public utility companies, cable television companies, steam distribution companies, and municipal utility departments as supply gas, electricity, cable television service or telephone service in or to such city or town where such excavation is to take place of such proposed excavation. The cost of operating the utility underground plant damage prevention system shall be apportioned equitably among all natural gas pipeline companies, public utility companies, cable television companies, steam distribution companies and municipal utility departments as supply gas, electricity, cable television service or telephone service within the commonwealth according to a formula to be fixed by agreement of the companies.  The department is authorized to investigate the operation of said system and to adopt procedures necessary and appropriate to hear and resolve complaints for failure to comply with the provisions of section forty of chapter eighty-two.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 77 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 77 - Annual Report of Department

Section 77. The department shall make an annual report of its doings under this chapter, with such suggestions as to the condition of affairs or conduct of corporations and companies subject to this chapter as may be appropriate, with such abstracts of the returns required by section eighty-three as it deems expedient, but including the names and addresses of the principal officers and of the directors.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 78 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 78 - Notice of Violation

Section 78. If any electric, gas, generation, transmission, or distribution company, or any supplier violates or fails to comply with the provisions of law, or violates or fails to comply with any lawful order of the department, the department shall give written notice thereof to such company or supplier and to the attorney general.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 79 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 79 - Enforcement of Orders of Department; Equity Jurisdiction

Section 79. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon application of the department, to enforce its lawful orders and all laws relative to cities and towns engaged in the manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of electricity or gas, generation, transmission or distribution companies, or suppliers.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 80 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 80 - Location of Office of Company; Records; Inspection of Records by Department

Section 80. Gas and electric companies shall have an office in a town where their works are located and, unless otherwise authorized by the department, shall keep in said office all books and papers required by law to be kept within the commonwealth, and also such books as may be required to show their receipts, expenditures, indebtedness and financial condition; and shall at all times, upon application, submit their books to the inspection of the department and its duly authorized employees. The department may from time to time, by its members or its duly authorized employees, examine all books, records, contracts, documents, papers and memoranda of such corporations, and shall have free access thereto for such purpose at any and all reasonable times.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 81 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 81 - Form of Books and Accounts

Section 81. Gas and electric companies or persons engaged in the manufacture and sale or distribution of gas or electricity shall keep their books and accounts in a form to be prescribed by the department, and the accounts shall be closed annually, so that a balance sheet can be taken therefrom. Manufacturing companies in which the manufacture of gas or electricity is a minor portion of their business shall be required to keep accounts of the expenses and income of their gas or electric business only.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 82 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 82 - Form of Records of Work at Manufacturing Station

Section 82. Gas and electric companies and manufacturing companies or persons engaged in the manufacture or sale of gas or electricity shall keep such records of their work at their manufacturing station, and in respect to their distributing plant, and in such form as the department may from time to time require.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 83 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 83 - Annual Return; Form; Other Information to Department

Section 83. Gas and electric companies and manufacturing companies and persons engaged in the manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of gas or electricity shall annually, on or before such date as the department fixes, make to the department, in a form prescribed by it, a return for the year ending on such date as the department may from time to time require, signed and sworn to by the president or vice president, and treasurer or assistant treasurer, and a majority of the directors, of the amount of their authorized capital, their indebtedness and financial condition, on the said date, their income and expenses during the preceding year, their dividends paid and declared, a list of the names of all their salaried officers and the amount of the salary paid to each, and the balance sheet of their accounts as of said date. Such companies and persons shall at all times, upon request, furnish any information required by the department or its duly authorized employees relative to their condition, management and operation, and shall comply with all lawful orders of the department; but manufacturing companies in which the manufacture and sale of gas or electricity is a minor portion of their business shall be required to include in their annual returns the income and expenses and other data relative to their gas and electric business only.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 84 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 84 - Failure to Make or Amend Return; Penalty

Section 84. Each such gas or electric company or manufacturing company or person neglecting to make the annual return required by the preceding section shall, for the first fifteen days or portion thereof during which such neglect continues, forfeit five dollars a day; for the second fifteen days or any portion thereof, ten dollars a day; and for each day thereafter not more than fifteen dollars a day. If any such company or person unreasonably refuses or neglects to make such return, it or he shall, in addition thereto, forfeit not more than five hundred dollars. If a return is defective or appears to be erroneous, the department shall notify the company or person to amend it within fifteen days. A company or person neglecting to amend said return within the time specified in the notice, when notified to do so, shall forfeit fifteen dollars for each day during which such neglect continues. All forfeitures incurred under this section 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.