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MA Gen L ch 164 § 141 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 141 - Decisions or Actions Regarding Rate Design; Adjustment to Low-Income Rate Discount

Section 141. In all decisions or actions regarding rate designs, the department shall consider the impacts of such actions, including the impact of new financial incentives on the successful development of energy efficiency and on-site generation. Where the scale of on-site generation would have an impact on affordability for low-income customers, a fully compensating adjustment shall be made to the low-income rate discount.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 142 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 142 - Removal of Impediments to Development of Efficient, Low-Emissions Distributed Generation

Section 142. The department shall continue to remove any impediments to the development of efficient, low-emissions distributed generation, including combined heat and power, taking into account the need to appropriately allocate any associated costs in a fair and equitable manner. For the purposes of this section, ''efficient, low-emissions'' shall mean an efficiency of 60 per cent or greater on an annual basis and emissions lower than required by the department of environmental protection.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 146 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 146 - Electric Distribution System Resiliency Reports; Competitive Solicitation for Electric Distribution System Resiliency Non-Wires Alternatives

Section 146. (a) Electric distribution companies shall file an annual electric distribution system resiliency report with the department, which shall include heat maps that: (i) show the electric load on the electric distribution system, including electric loads during peak electricity demand time periods; (ii) highlight the most congested or constrained areas of the electric distribution system; and (iii) identify areas of the electric distribution system most vulnerable to outages due to high electricity demand, lack of local electric generating resources and extreme weather events.  (b) Electric distribution companies may hold a competitive solicitation for electric distribution system resiliency non-wires alternatives from third party developers. The non-wires alternatives solicitations shall: (i) provide non-wires alternatives solutions to areas of the electrical grid that require transmission or distribution updates due to aging infrastructure, increased load or other resiliency issues identified in the resiliency report; (ii) benefit a stressed or congested area of the electrical grid; (iii) benefit the electrical grid in areas that are prone to severe weather damage; or (iv) reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  (c) When determining a winning bid to the competitive solicitation for resiliency non-wires alternatives, the electric distribution companies shall consider monetary and non-monetary factors including, but not limited to: (i) resiliency improvements; (ii) reducing greenhouse gas emissions; (iii) reducing peak demand; (iv) reducing congestion in stressed areas of the grid; and (v) benefits to low-income areas.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 147 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 147 - Reporting of Lost and Unaccounted for Gas

Section 147. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''lost and unaccounted for gas'' shall mean an amount of gas that is the difference between the total gas purchased by a gas company and the sum of: (i) total gas delivered to customers; and (ii) total gas used by a gas company in the conduct of its operations.  (b) The department shall issue regulations requiring all gas companies to report to the department, in a uniform manner, lost and unaccounted for gas for each year. Such standards shall include: (i) a method using operational and billing data to determine the total amount of lost and unaccounted for gas and to identify and measure each of its components; and (ii) a method using engineering characteristics and operational data to identify and measure all sources and locations where lost and unaccounted for gas occurs in the natural gas systems.  (c) The department may grant waivers from regulatory requirements as necessary for the development of innovative projects to reduce lost and unaccounted for gas. Such innovative projects shall be intended to reduce costs to ratepayers and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An application for a waiver shall include the goals of the innovative project, the expected cost, the expected benefit to ratepayers and the expected reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
MA Gen L ch 164 § 148 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity|Section 148 - Engineering Plans or Specifications for Work or Services Posing Material Risk to Public Safety to Bear Stamp of Certified Professional Engineer

Section 148. Any engineering plans or specifications for engineering work or services that could pose a material risk to public safety, as determined by the department pursuant to clause (l) of section 81R of chapter 112, developed by or on behalf of a gas company shall bear the stamp of a professional engineer certified under section 81E of said chapter 112; provided, however, that any such plan or specification shall be housed within the applicable gas company, subject to review and audit by the department, and shall be deemed to be filed with a public authority within the meaning of section 81M of said chapter 112. The department may promulgate regulations as necessary to implement this section and applicable provisions of subsection (l) of section 81R of said chapter 112.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 2 - Agreement Provisions Authorized

Section 2. The New England power pool agreement may provide for, among other things:  (a) the pooling of power;  (b) coordination of planning, construction and operation and the manner of establishing and enforcing standards and other requirements;  (c) delegation of authority to administrative committees;  (d) amendments of the agreement by vote or other action of the participants or of committees in the manner specified therein, subject to the right of any participant to withdraw in the event of its nonconcurrence with an amendment;  (e) appointment of representatives to act for one or more participants in regard to amendments and other matters;  (f) the allocation of pool expenses among participants;  (g) the provision of new, altered, improved or enlarged facilities by the participants subject to such proceedings as may be required by law for undertaking or financing any such project;  (h) limitations on other actions by the participants which might be inconsistent with the agreement or might adversely affect its implementation;  (i) arbitration; and  (j) other matters deemed necessary or desirable in order to carry out the purpose of the agreement.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 3 - Additional Powers of Member Domestic Electric Utilities

Section 3. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general or special law relating to the powers and authorities of domestic electric utilities or any limitation imposed by a corporate or municipal charter, but subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, a domestic electric utility which is a member of the New England power pool shall, in connection with its participation in such pool, have the following additional powers:  (a) jointly or separately to plan, finance, construct, purchase, operate, maintain, use, share costs of, own, mortgage, lease, sell, dispose of or otherwise participate in electric power facilities or portions thereof within or without the commonwealth or the product or service therefrom or securities issued in connection with the financing of electric power facilities or portions thereof; and  (b) to enter into and perform contracts for such joint or separate planning, financing, construction, purchase, operation, maintenance, use, sharing costs of, ownership, mortgaging, leasing, sale, disposal of or other participation in electric power facilities, or portions thereof, within or without the commonwealth, or the product or service therefrom, or securities issued in connection with the financing of electric power facilities or portions thereof, including, without limitation, contracts for the payment of obligations imposed without regard to the operational status of a facility or facilities and contracts with domestic or foreign electric utilities for the sale or purchase of electricity from an electric power facility or facilities for long or short periods of time or for the life of a specific electric generating unit or units; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a domestic electric utility to sell electricity at wholesale or retail within or without this commonwealth except (i) as otherwise authorized by or under its charter or the general or special laws of this commonwealth other than by this chapter; (ii) in connection with sales of economy, backup and other energy pursuant to a New England power pool agreement; and (iii) for any sale or sales of capacity and related energy from a specifically identified generating unit which is an electric power facility.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 4 - Additional Powers of Member Foreign Electric Utilities

Section 4. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general or special law relating to the powers and authorities of foreign electric utilities, but subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, a foreign electric utility which is a member of the New England power pool shall, in connection with its participation in such pool, have in addition the power jointly with one or more other electric utilities, including at least one domestic electric utility, to construct, purchase, operate, maintain, use, own, mortgage, lease, sell, dispose of or otherwise participate in electric power facilities or portions thereof within this commonwealth or the product or service therefrom; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a foreign electric utility to sell electricity at wholesale or retail within this commonwealth except (i) as otherwise authorized by or under the general or special laws of this commonwealth other than by this chapter; (ii) in connection with sales of economy, backup and other energy pursuant to a New England power pool agreement; and (iii) for any sale or sales of capacity and related energy from a specifically identified generating unit which is an electric power facility.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 5 - Acquisition or Ownership of Interests in Electric Power Facilities; Tenancy in Common; Surrender or Waiver of Right of Partition; Validity and Enforceability

Section 5. If any domestic or foreign electric utility acquires or owns an interest as a tenant in common with one or more other domestic or foreign electric utilities in any electric power facilities in this commonwealth, the surrender or waiver by any such owner of such property of its right to partition such property for a period not exceeding the period for which the property is used or useful for electric utility purposes shall not be invalid or unenforceable by reason of the length of such period, or as unduly restricting the alienation of such property.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 6 - Contracts; Term; Effect of Termination of Pool or Agreement; Exclusion From Municipal Debt for Borrowing Purposes

Section 6. Contracts under sections three and four (i) may be for a term or for an indefinite period and shall, unless otherwise provided therein, not be deemed terminated or to have been unauthorized by reason of termination of the New England power pool or of any membership therein or invalidation of any of the provisions of the New England power pool agreement; (ii) may provide for the sale or other disposition of by-products of electric power facilities; and (iii) may contain provisions for arbitration, delegation and other matters deemed necessary or desirable to carry out their purposes. Any party, public or private, desiring to purchase or use by-products of electric power facilities may enter into contracts therefor for short or long terms. Subject to clause (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section nine, the obligation of a city or town under contracts referred to in this section shall not be included in the debt of the city or town for the purpose of ascertaining its borrowing capacity.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 7 - Assessment and Taxation of Foreign Electric Utilities

Section 7. A foreign electric utility shall be subject to assessment and taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided by law with respect to a corporation defined as an ''electric company'' in section one of chapter one hundred sixty-four; except that a foreign electric utility which is a governmental entity shall, with respect to payments for franchise taxes to the commonwealth plus any other taxes not covered by subsections (b) and (d) of section eight, make payments in lieu of such taxes in the manner provided by subsection (c) of said section eight.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 10 - Foreign Electric Utilities; Ownership or Operation of Electric Power Facilities in Commonwealth; Notice, Annual Report and Information to Department; Financing; Application of Laws

Section 10. (a) Each foreign electric utility which is acting pursuant to authority granted in this chapter shall, before owning or operating any electric power facilities in this commonwealth, notify the department of the action to be taken by it; shall thereafter furnish to the department annually a copy of the annual report filed by it with the utility regulatory agency of the state of its domicile or principal locus; and shall furnish to the department from time to time such other information with respect to its activities in the commonwealth as the department may reasonable request.  (b) Any foreign electric utility which owns or operates any electric power facility in this commonwealth shall (1) be subject to sections three, three A and four of chapter one hundred eighty-one as to matters arising out of such ownership or operation and (2) as to a foreign electric utility other than a governmental entity be further subject to the requirements of chapter one hundred sixty-four and other regulatory laws within the commonwealth with respect to any financing of its interest in such electric power facility, including any borrowing or the issuance of any notes, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or securities of any nature, provided, however, that it shall be exempt from such further requirements of this clause (2) upon certification filed with the department by a regulatory commission of the state of domicile or principal locus of such foreign electric utility, or of the United States, that said commission has regulatory jurisdiction over financing of such foreign electric utility.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 12 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Bonds; Temporary Notes; Issuance by City or Town

Section 12. In anticipation of the authorization or issue of bonds under this chapter, and subject to the approval of the department under this chapter, a city or town subject to this chapter, acting by its municipal light board, when authorized by a two-thirds vote as defined in section one of chapter forty-four, may issue temporary notes. Subject to the terms of the department's approval and of the authorizing vote, the board may provide for the sale of the notes at public or private sale and may determine the interest rate or rates, maturity or maturities, redemption privileges, if any, form, denomination or denominations and place or places of payment or provide for the determination thereof by an officer or officers of the board or of the city or town. Temporary notes issued hereunder shall be executed in the manner provided herein for bonds and shall be payable within six years from their respective dates, but the principal of and interest on notes issued for a shorter period may be renewed or paid from time to time by the issue of other notes under this chapter, provided the period from the date of issue of an original note to the maturity of any note issued to renew or pay the same debt or the interest thereon shall not exceed six years. Unless otherwise provided in the authorizing vote or in the approval of the department, the board may cause notes to be refunded to the extent provided in this chapter. To the extent of any borrowing in anticipation of bonds, the maximum maturity of an equivalent amount of the bonds shall be measured from the date of the anticipatory borrowing.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 14 - Proceeds of Bonds or Notes Issued and Moneys Governed by Trust Agreement or Resolution; Deposit or Investment

Section 14. Subject to the trust agreement or resolution, the proceeds of bonds or notes issued under this chapter and any other moneys governed by the trust agreement or resolution may be deposited or invested in demand deposits, time deposits or savings deposits in banks which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or by any agency or instrumentality thereof or as may be provided by any other applicable law.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 15 - Bonds and Notes Issued; Payment; Liability of City or Town Limited; Exclusion From Municipal Debt for Borrowing Purposes

Section 15. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor under this chapter, the liability of the city or town from other funds being limited to obligations undertaken by it to pay for the electricity used by it, and a statement to this effect shall be included on the face of such bonds and notes. Subject to the provisions of clause (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section nine, the bonds and notes and such obligations shall not at any time be included in the debt of the city or town for the purpose of ascertaining its borrowing capacity.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 16 - Receipts of City or Town Under This Chapter to Be Held and Applied in Trust

Section 16. All moneys received by the city or town under this chapter shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 17 - Actions and Proceedings Upon Bonds and Notes

Section 17. Any holder of bonds or notes issued under this chapter, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under a trust agreement or resolution securing the same, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement or resolution, may bring suit upon the bonds, notes or coupons and may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the commonwealth or granted under this chapter or under such trust agreement or resolution, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the city or town or by any officer thereof.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 18 - Bonds and Notes Issued as Legal Investments

Section 18. Bonds and notes issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies in their commercial departments, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them, and such bonds and notes are hereby made obligations which may properly and legally be made eligible for the investment of savings deposits and the income therefrom in the manner provided by paragraph two of section fifty of chapter one hundred sixty-eight. Such bonds and notes are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the commonwealth is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 19 - Bonds and Notes Deemed Investment Securities

Section 19. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds and notes issued under this chapter, all such bonds and notes shall be deemed to be investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code.
MA Gen L ch 164a § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 164a - New England Power Pool|Section 20 - Bonds and Notes Issued; Transfer, Income or Profit; Tax Exemption

Section 20. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the commonwealth.