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Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 18.00 - Net Metering › Section 18.05 - Allocation of Net Metering Credits

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(1) Net
		Metering Credits shall be allocated to Customer accounts by each Distribution
		Company as follows:
(a) For a Class I Net
		Metering Facility, Class II Net Metering Facility, or Class III Net Metering
		Facility that is not a New Solar Net Metering Facility or not a Cap Exempt
		Facility that is also a Class II Solar Net Metering Facility or Class III Solar
		Net Metering Facility, or a Small Hydroelectric Net Metering Facility
		participating in the Small Hydroelectric Net Metering Program, each
		Distribution Company shall allocate Net Metering Credits, as designated in
		writing by the Host Customer, to other Customers who are in the Distribution
		Company's service territory and are located in the same ISO NE load zone. The
		manner and form of credit designation shall be as specified in the Distribution
		Company's Net Metering Tariff pursuant to
		220
		CMR 18.09(2).
		Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Host Customer of a Class I Net Metering
		Facility, Class II Net Metering Facility, or Class III Net Metering Facility is
		a Municipality or Other Governmental Entity, including a Governmental
		Cooperative, it may direct its Distribution Company to allocate Net Metering
		Credits only to other Customers that are Municipalities or Other Governmental
		Entities.
(b) For a New Solar Net
		Metering Facility or a Cap Exempt Facility that is also a Class II Solar Net
		Metering Facility or a Class III Solar Net Metering Facility, each Distribution
		Company shall allocate Net Metering Credits, as designated in writing by the
		Host Customer, to other Customers who are Customers of a Distribution Company
		located in the Commonwealth and may allocate credits to customers in more than
		one Distribution Company service territory. The manner and form of credit
		designation shall be as specified in the Distribution Company's Net Metering
		Tariff pursuant to
		220
		CMR 18.09(2).
		Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Host Customer of a Class I Net Metering
		Facility, Class II Net Metering Facility, or Class III Net Metering Facility
		that is a Municipality or Other Governmental Entity, including a Governmental
		Cooperative, may direct its Distribution Company to allocate Net Metering
		Credits only to other Customers that are Municipalities or Other Governmental
		Entities.
(c) For a Neighborhood
		Net Metering Facility, the Distribution Company may only allocate Net Metering
		Credits to residential or other Customers who reside in the same Neighborhood
		in which the Neighborhood Net Metering Facility is located and have an
		ownership interest in, or are served by, the Neighborhood Net Metering
		Facility.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 18.00 - Net Metering › Section 18.06 - Eligibility for Net Metering

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(1) Distribution
		Companies shall not provide Net Metering services to a Host Customer who is an
		electric company, generation company, aggregator, supplier, energy marketer, or
		energy broker, as those terms are used in M.G.L. c. 164, §§ 1 and 1F
		and 220 CMR
		11.00:
Rules Governing the Restructuring of
		the Electric Industry
.
(2)
		A Governmental Cooperative shall not be considered an electric company,
		generation company, aggregator, supplier, energy marketer or energy broker, as
		those terms are used in M.G.L. c. 164, §§ 1 and 1F and
		220 CMR
		11.00:
Rules Governing the Restructuring of
		the Electric Industry
.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 18.00 - Net Metering › Section 18.07 - Net Metering Capacity

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(1) Each
		Distribution Company shall make Net Metering services available to Host
		Customers, except for Host Customers of a Small Hydroelectric Net Metering
		Facility participating in the Small Hydroelectric Net Metering Program, such
		that the aggregate capacity of:
(a) Net
		Metering facilities that are not Net Metering Facilities of a Municipality or
		Other Governmental Entity does not exceed 7% of the Distribution Company's
		highest historical peak load; and
(b) Net Metering Facilities of a Municipality
		or Other Governmental Entity does not exceed 8% of the Distribution Company's
		highest historical peak load.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 18.00 - Net Metering › Section 18.08 - Net Metering Reports

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(1) Each
		Distribution Company shall track at least the following:
(a) the size, generation type, Net Metering
		class, fuel type, and the Municipality within which each Net Metering facility
		receives Net Metering services;
(b)
		the size, generation type, fuel type, and the Municipality within which each
		Net Metering facility has requested interconnection with the Distribution
		Company; and
(c) the aggregate
		capacity of Net Metering facilities that have interconnected, and that have
		requested interconnection, to the Distribution Company.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 18.00 - Net Metering › Section 18.09 - Miscellaneous

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(1) The provision of Net Metering services
		does not entitle Distribution Companies to ownership of, or title to, the
		Renewable Energy or environmental attributes, including Renewable Energy
		certificates, associated with any electricity produced by a Net Metering
		facility.
(2) Each Distribution
		Company shall implement its responsibilities and obligations regarding the
		provision of Net Metering services to Customers and Host Customers pursuant to
		a Department-approved tariff.
(3)
		Each Distribution Company shall implement its responsibilities and obligations
		regarding the provision of interconnection services to Customers and Host
		Customers pursuant to a Department-approved tariff.
(4) Each Distribution Company shall be
		allowed to recover the aggregate of the distribution portion of any Net
		Metering Credits and the Distribution Company delivery charges displaced by a
		Class I Net Metering Facility, Class II Net Metering Facility, Class III Net
		Metering Facility, including a New Solar Net Metering Facility, or a Small
		Hydroelectric Net Metering Facility participating in the Small Hydroelectric
		Net Metering Program through a uniform per kilowatt-hour surcharge or
		surcharges billed to all of its Customers on an annual basis.
(5) Nothing in
		220 CMR
		18.00 is intended in any way to limit eligibility for
		Net Metering services based upon a third-party ownership or financing agreement
		related to a Net Metering facility, where Net Metering services would otherwise
		be available.
(6) Unless otherwise
		indicated, all capacity and energy measurements referenced in
		220 CMR
		18.00 refer to alternating current.
(7) The Department may, where appropriate,
		grant an exception from any provision of
		220 CMR
		18.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 18.00 - Net Metering › Section 18.10 - Monthly Minimum Reliability Contribution

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Distribution Companies may submit to the Department proposals
		  for a monthly minimum reliability contribution to be included on electric bills
		  for distribution utility accounts that receive Net Metering Credits provided
		  that the Department receives a proposal from such Distribution Company and
		  subsequently approves the monthly minimum reliability contribution pursuant to
		  M.G.L. c. 164, § 139(j).
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 18.00 - Net Metering › Section 18.11 - Small Hydroelectric Net Metering Program

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(1) The
		Small Hydroelectric Net Metering Program shall remain open until the Department
		certifies that the aggregate capacity of Small Hydroelectric Net Metering
		Facilities participating in the program is equal to 60 megawatts.
(2) While the Small Hydroelectric Net
		Metering Program is open, any Small Hydroelectric Net Metering Facility that
		seeks to net meter must participate in the Small Hydroelectric Net Metering
		Program and generate Net Metering Credits pursuant to
		220
		CMR 18.04(6A).
(3) Once the Department certifies that the
		aggregate capacity of Small Hydroelectric Net Metering Facilities participating
		in the program is equal to 60 megawatts, a Small Hydroelectric Net Metering
		Facility shall:
(a) apply for Net Metering
		services as a Class I Net Metering Facility;
(b) generate Net Metering Credits pursuant to
		220
		CMR 18.04(2); and
(c) apply for a Cap Allocation pursuant to
		220
		CMR 18.07(1), if it is not a
		Cap Exempt Facility.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 19.00 - Standards of Performance for Emergency Preparation and Restoration of Service for Electric Distribution and Gas Companies › Section 19.01 - Purpose and Scope

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(1)
Purpose
.
		220 CMR 19.00 establishes:
(a) standards of acceptable performance for
		emergency preparation and restoration of service for electric distribution and
		gas companies; and
(b) requirements
		for Emergency Response Plans, consistent with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 164,
		§§ 1J, 1K, and 85B.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 19.00 - Standards of Performance for Emergency Preparation and Restoration of Service for Electric Distribution and Gas Companies › Section 19.02 - Definitions

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For the purpose of
		  220 CMR 19.00, the terms set
		  forth in 220 CMR 19.02 are defined as follows, unless the context otherwise
		  requires.
Company
refers to an investor-owned
		  electric distribution company or gas company as defined in M.G.L. c. 164,
		  § 1.
Department
means the Department of
		  Public Utilities, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Emergency Event
means an event where
		  widespread outages or Service Interruptions have occurred in the service area
		  of a Company due to storms or other causes beyond the control of the
		  Company.
Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
means a
		  Company's plan which prepares the Company to restore service in a safe and
		  reasonably prompt manner in the case of an Emergency Event, as required by
		  M.G.L. c. 164, § 85B.
Life Support Customers
, also known as
		  medical priority customers, means those customers who have provided
		  documentation to the electric distribution company of their medical conditions
		  necessitating electric service.
Municipal Liaison
means a liaison
		  designated by a Company to communicate with a municipality during an Emergency
		  Event.
Mutual Assistance Agreement
means an
		  agreement among a Company and other utilities, both inside and outside the
		  Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that details specifics for obtaining or lending
		  resources, including, but not limited to, material, equipment, and trained
		  personnel, when internal resources are not sufficient to ensure the safe and
		  reasonably prompt restoration of service during an Emergency Event.
Service Interruption
means the loss of
		  service to one or more customers connected to an electric distribution
		  company's distribution system.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 19.00 - Standards of Performance for Emergency Preparation and Restoration of Service for Electric Distribution and Gas Companies › Section 19.03 - Performance Standards for Emergency Preparation and Restoration of Service

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(1)220 CMR 19.03 sets forth the standards
		that shall apply to each Company's performance regarding:
(a) emergency preparation;
(b) restoration of service; and
(c) reporting.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 19.00 - Standards of Performance for Emergency Preparation and Restoration of Service for Electric Distribution and Gas Companies › Section 19.05 - Department Investigation into Company Performance; Remedies

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(1)
Investigations
.
(a) The Department may open an investigation
		into a Company's performance regarding emergency preparation or restoration of
		service.
(b) The Department shall
		open a full investigation upon petition of the Attorney General or by the city
		council in an affected city or by the board of selectmen in an affected town to
		determine whether a Company violated the Department's standards. A petition for
		an investigation shall meet the pleading requirements set forth in
		220 CMR
		1.04(1):
Initial
		Pleading.
Petitions for an investigation shall be filed with the
		Department not later than 90 days after the violation has been
		remedied.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 19.00 - Standards of Performance for Emergency Preparation and Restoration of Service for Electric Distribution and Gas Companies › Section 19.06 - Miscellaneous

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The Department may grant, for good cause shown and not contrary
		  to statute, an exception from any provision of
		  220 CMR
		  19.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.01 - Purpose and Scope

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(1)
								220
		CMR 20.00 prescribes minimum safety requirements for
		the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, testing, operation, and
		maintenance of Main and Service Piping by Steam Distribution
		Companies.
(2)
								220
		CMR 20.00 applies to every Steam Distribution Company
		operating a plant, equipment or facilities for the manufacture, production,
		transmission, furnishing or distribution of steam to or for the public for
		compensation within the Commonwealth.
(3) Every Steam Distribution Company shall
		comply with M.G.L. c. 164B, M.G.L. c. 25, § 18A, and
		220
		CMR 20.00.
(4)
								220
		CMR 20.00 does not apply to:
(a) Plant, equipment or facilities used for
		or in connection with the generation or production of steam or not directly
		associated with the distribution of steam; or
(b) The design, fabrication, and installation
		of piping downstream of the customer's property line.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.03 - Applications for Exceptions from Provisions of 220 CMR 20.00

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Any Steam Distribution Company may make a written request to
		  the Department for an exception to the provisions of
		  220
		  CMR 20.00, in whole or in part. The request shall
		  justify why the exception should be granted and shall demonstrate why the
		  exception does not derogate from the safety objectives of
		  220
		  CMR 20.00. The request shall include details on the
		  need for the exception, specific information on the circumstances surrounding
		  the exception, the provisions of
		  220
		  CMR 20.00 from which exception is sought, and a
		  description of any safety consequences that might result from the exception.
		  Documentation in support of the request shall also be submitted.
The Department may, after consideration and the payment of the
		  appropriate fee, issue a written decision denying the exception or granting the
		  exception as requested or as modified by the Department and subject to
		  conditions. An exception may be granted or denied in writing by the Director of
		  the Division, or by the Director's functional successor in the event of an
		  internal reorganization of the Department. Any person aggrieved by a decision
		  of the Director may appeal the decision to the Department. Any appeal shall be
		  in writing and shall be made not later than ten business days following
		  issuance of the written decision.
In an emergency, a verbal request for an exception may be
		  granted by the Director or his functional equivalent, provided that the verbal
		  request is subsequently confirmed in writing within seven days of the exception
		  being granted.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.04 - Notification of Construction

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At least ten days prior to the start of construction, or
		  reconstruction, of 100 feet or more of Main, each Steam Distribution Company
		  shall file with the Department a letter of intent providing details of the
		  proposed construction, except when an Emergency Leak makes such notice
		  impracticable. When such notice is impracticable due to an Emergency Leak, such
		  filing shall be made at the earliest practicable time following remediation of
		  the Emergency Leak.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.05 - Operating and Maintenance (O&M) Plan

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(1)
		Each Steam Distribution Company shall establish and file with the Department a
		detailed written O&M plan that implements the provisions of
		220
		CMR 20.00. Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		submit to the Department any revisions to the O&M plan within 30 days
		following the revisions' effective date.
(2) The O&M plan shall include, at a
		minimum, the following:
(a) Operating and
		maintenance procedures during normal operations and repairs;
(b) Procedures for reporting, investigating,
		classifying, handling, and monitoring steam Leaks, Vapor Conditions and
		External Damage;
(c) Procedures to
		correct, within specified timeframes, deficiencies found during inspections,
		evaluations, and tests required by
		220
		CMR 20.00;
(d) Procedures for continuing routine
		surveillance and inspections of the Main and Service Piping to identify and to
		take appropriate action concerning failures, leakage history, excessive Water
		Intrusion, manhole structural condition and other unusual operating and
		maintenance conditions;
(e)
		Procedures for personnel who perform O&M activities (including all
		inspections, surveys, and condition assessments) to recognize and report any
		Safety-related Condition, including procedures for providing a written
		Safety-related Condition report to the Department within five working days from
		the date of discovery of the Safety-related Condition;
(f) A list of qualified persons who may
		approve the turn-on of any section of the Main and Service Piping;
		and
(g) Procedures to ensure that
		the turn-on of any section of the Main and Service Piping is accomplished only
		by persons specifically trained, qualified, and approved for such
		purpose.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.06 - Emergency Plan

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(1) Each Steam
		Distribution Company shall establish and file annually on January
		31st with the Department a detailed written
		emergency plan that implements procedures to minimize the hazards resulting
		from an Emergency Leak or Incident. Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		comply with its emergency plan.
(2)
		At a minimum, the emergency plan must include the following:
(a) Procedures for receiving, identifying,
		and classifying notices of Emergency Leaks or Incidents;
(b) Procedures for establishing and
		maintaining adequate means of communication with fire, police, and other public
		safety officials;
(c) Procedures
		for establishing and maintaining continuous communication and coordination
		between field crews and dispatching personnel;
(d) Procedures for the availability of
		personnel, equipment, tools, and materials, as needed at the scene of an
		Emergency Leak or Incident;
(e)
		Procedures directed toward protecting human life and safety as the highest
		priority, with protection of property second in priority;
(f) Emergency Main and Service Piping
		shutdown procedures;
(g) Procedures
		for making safe any actual or potential hazard to life or third-party
		property;
(h) Procedures for safely
		restoring to service any of the Main or Service Piping following emergency
		shutdown or outage;
(i)
		Instructions to control and mitigate the release of Asbestos-containing
		Material or Asbestos-containing Material debris, resulting from the failure of
		any Main or Service Piping.
(j)
		Procedures for analyzing each facility failure for the purpose of determining
		its cause and minimizing the possibility of a recurrence, including procedures
		for selecting samples of the failed facility or equipment for laboratory
		examination; and
(k) Procedures for
		the Steam Distribution Company (or, at the Department's request, an independent
		consultant) to test or survey any equipment or systems as part of an
		investigation and analysis of a failure or Incident for the purpose of
		determining its cause and minimizing the possibility of a recurrence.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.07 - Aging Report for Major Steam Components

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(1) Each
		Steam Distribution Company shall maintain an accurate steam system facilities
		Aging Report listing all major steam piping and components by period of
		installation, in a format to be determined by the Department. The Aging Report
		shall include but not be limited to major piping, Expansion Joints, main line
		valves, guides, anchors, and supports. Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		file its Aging Report with the Department every five years no later than March
		1st, beginning with March 1, 2023.
(2) Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		monitor the number of vaults or manholes requiring repairs each calendar year
		and provide this information, including a breakdown of the number of repairs
		performed during the year and the number remaining to be performed at the end
		of the year, to the Department annually on March
		1st, beginning with March 1, 2023.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.08 - Customer Education and Information Program

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(1) Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		initiate and maintain on a continuing basis, a program for customer education
		and information designed to assist its customers, and appropriate government
		organizations, in recognizing steam emergency conditions and situations, and to
		provide them the means to notify the Steam Distribution Company of such
		situations.
(2) No later than
		January 31st of each year, each Steam Distribution
		Company shall file a report with the Department describing the Steam
		Distribution Company's customer education and information program, including a
		detailed statement of the means of its implementation and samples of all
		descriptive literature and other educational aids. The report shall identify
		all changes from the prior year's program.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.09 - Employee Training

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(1) Each Steam
		Distribution Company shall ensure that the employees involved in the operation,
		maintenance, or testing of Mains and Service Piping satisfactorily complete
		training to ensure effective and safe implementation of the procedures required
		by
		220
		CMR 20.00. Additionally, each Steam Distribution
		Company shall ensure that supervisors are tested annually to determine
		proficiency and have satisfactorily completed refresher training as testing
		results deem necessary.
(2) Each
		Steam Distribution Company shall ensure that new employees receive basic
		classroom training prior to on-the-job training in field operations.
(3) Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		maintain records of the training provided under 220 CMR 20.09, including the
		names of the employees trained, courses provided, courses completed, and the
		number of hours of training.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.10 - Periodic Inspections

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At a minimum, each Steam Distribution Company shall conduct the
		  following periodic inspections:
(1)
Steam Traps
. The Steam Distribution Company shall
		establish and maintain an active Steam Trap survey program for the regular
		systematic inspection, testing, repair or replacement of all Steam Traps, to
		ensure that they are working properly. Each survey shall also include the
		inspection and replacement or remediation of associated trap piping assemblies
		(
i.e.,
small bore pipe) that show signs of Active Corrosion
		during the survey. Additionally, each survey must comply with the following:
(a) All Steam Traps and trap piping
		assemblies shall be inspected seasonally for general condition and proper
		operation. At least four inspections shall be conducted in each calendar year,
		once per quarter, at intervals not exceeding four months.
(b) Traps that fail inspection must be
		replaced or remediated upon discovery but no later than 60 days from
		discovery.
(c) Corrosion under
		removable insulation on traps and trap assemblies shall be checked four times
		per year, once per quarter, at intervals not exceeding four months.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.11 - Condition Assessment and Steam Distribution IM Program (SDIMP)

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(1)
Condition
		Assessment
. Each Steam Distribution Company shall develop and
		implement a Condition Assessment program to conduct an overall, system-wide
		assessment of the condition of the entire accessible distribution system.
(a) The Condition Assessment shall be
		conducted at least once every ten years (or sooner if required by the
		Department) to support the SDIMP outlined below in 220 CMR 20.11(2).
(b) The Condition Assessment shall address
		public safety issues including, but not limited to, hot manhole covers and
		vapor conditions that are hazardous or a threat to public safety.
(c) Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		establish a tracking program or application to document the assessment and
		condition findings discovered during each Condition Assessment and shall report
		these findings once every ten years to the Department as part of the annual
		safety report required by
		220 CMR
		20.15(4).
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.12 - Welding - Qualification and Nondestructive Testing

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(1) All welding must be performed by
		qualified welders employing qualified welding procedures, in accordance with
		the American Welding Society Standard Welding Procedure
		Specifications.
(2) Welds subjected
		to temperatures over 350EF (175EC) on pipe over six inches in diameter shall be
		subject to nondestructive testing by radiographic inspection in accordance with
		220 CMR 20.12(3) and (4).
(3) All
		underground buried field welds greater than 21/2 inches in diameter in new Main
		and Service Piping installations and all prefabricated shop welds shall be
		nondestructively tested prior to being placed in service.
(4) Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		establish a program of random, unannounced, nondestructive testing for new
		accessible field welds made on existing Main and Service Piping, to assess the
		quality of welding and the work of each welder. The required minimum testing
		rate shall be 10% of all welds made during a calendar month. If 10% or more of
		the welds tested in a calendar month are found to be unacceptable, the test
		rate shall increase by 5% for the ensuing calendar month. If fewer than 10% of
		the welds are found to be unacceptable in a calendar month where the required
		test rate was greater than 10%, the test rate may be decreased by 5% for the
		ensuing calendar month.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.13 - Leaks, Vapor Conditions and External Damage

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(1) Each Steam Distribution Company shall be
		responsible for the investigation, prioritization, and repair of each Leak,
		Vapor Condition or External Damage, as applicable, found on its
		system.
(2) Each Steam Distribution
		Company shall respond promptly to any notification of a Leak, Vapor Condition
		or External Damage.
(3)
		Nonemergency Leaks or Vapor Conditions shall be repaired within four months
		from the date of discovery.
(4)
		Each Steam Distribution Company shall respond immediately to Emergency Leaks or
		External Damage to protect life and third-party property, and must work
		continuously until repairs are completed, or until the condition is no longer
		hazardous.
(5) Each Steam
		Distribution Company shall create a steam Leak/Vapor Condition/External Damage
		record, identified by number to record the entire history of a Leak/Vapor
		Condition/External Damage on the Main and Service Piping from the time of
		discovery through repair, as applicable. The record shall contain information
		as to the location and apparent cause of the event, and the nature of the
		repair.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.14 - Logging and Analysis of Steam Incidents

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(1)
		Each Steam Distribution Company shall record each report of an Incident
		received on a service record number.
(2) Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		keep and maintain a daily log that includes the recording of the receipt and
		handling of each Incident containing the following information:
(a) Cross reference to the related service
		record number;
(b) Location of
		Incident;
(c) Time report first
		received;
(d) Description as to
		type of Incident;
(e) Time
		personnel first dispatched to location;
(f) Time of arrival of personnel at
		location;
(g) Times of dispatch and
		arrival of any additional personnel called to the location; and
(h) Time when the Incident is
		cleared.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.15 - Reports of Incidents and Interruptions

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(1)
		At the earliest practicable moment following discovery, each Steam Distribution
		Company shall report to the Department by telephone, through the Department's
		emergency notification system, all Incidents involving the Main or Service
		Piping that include any of the following events:
(a) Injury requiring inpatient
		hospitalization or death to any persons;
(b) Damage to third-party property;
(c) Airborne release of Asbestos-containing
		Material; or
(d) Anything
		significant in the judgment of the Steam Distribution Company.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.16 - Corporate Filings

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(1) Each Steam
		Distribution Company shall file with the Department a certified copy of its
		certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and any amendments, modifications, or
		revisions thereto within six months of August 17, 2012, or within one month of
		taking ownership of the steam distribution assets from a prior entity.
		Thereafter, each Steam Distribution Company shall file with the Department any
		updates or changes to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws within one
		month following such change.
(2) By
		March 31st each year, each Steam Distribution
		Company shall report to the Department its intrastate operating revenues for
		the previous calendar year derived from the manufacture, production,
		transmission, furnishing, or distribution of steam to or for the
		public.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.17 - Department Examinations and Investigations; Fines

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(1) The Department may conduct announced or
		unannounced examinations and investigations into a Steam Distribution Company's
		safety performance, including compliance with
		220
		CMR 20.00. These may include entry into the offices
		and other property of the Steam Distribution Company during normal business
		hours.
(2) If after examination or
		investigation, the Department has reason to believe that a Steam Distribution
		Company has failed to comply with M.G.L. c. 164B or
		220
		CMR 20.00, the Department may commence an enforcement
		proceeding against the company, conducted pursuant to
		220 CMR 69.00:
Procedures for Determination and Enforcement of Violations of Safety
		Codes Pertaining to Pipeline Facilities, Transportation of Natural Gas,
		Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities, and Steam Distribution Facilities
,
		and may levy fines against the company.
(3) The determination of the amount and
		appropriateness of a civil penalty shall be made pursuant to M.G.L. c. 164,
		§ 105A.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.18 - Records

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(1) Each Steam Distribution Company shall
		maintain records documenting all Employee Training, Periodic Inspections,
		Welding - Qualification and Nondestructive Testing, Leaks/Vapor
		Conditions/External Damage, Emergency Leaks, Incidents and Interruptions,
		Facility Failures, maintenance, tests, investigations, surveys and analyses
		demonstrating compliance with all applicable provisions of
		220
		CMR 20.00.
(2) Except as specified in 220 CMR 20.18(3),
		the minimum period of retention of records required by
		220
		CMR 20.00 shall be ten years.
(3) Records related to corrosion shall be
		maintained for the life of the facility.
(4) All records or copies thereof, shall be
		kept on file at Steam Distribution Company offices within the Commonwealth, and
		shall be readily accessible upon request to the staff of the
		Department.
(5) Each Steam
		Distribution Company shall use an electronic records management system that
		will allow for readily available and readily accessible records. The system
		software should be updated/upgraded as new versions become available.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.19 - Steam Distribution Company Procedures

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Each Steam Distribution Company shall incorporate procedures
		  for all requirements of
		  220
		  CMR 20.00 into its written applicable procedures to
		  ensure compliance with M.G.L. c. 164B and
		  220
		  CMR 20.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 20.00 - Steam Distribution Companies › Section 20.20 - Table of Filing and Reporting Deadlines

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Provision
Item
Frequency
Filing Date
Notes
20.04
Notification of construction
As needed
Ten days prior to start
For emergency leak, at earliest practicable time
				  following remediation
20.05(1)
Revision to O&M
As needed
30 days after effective date
n/a
20.06(1)
Emergency Plan
Annually
January
				  31st
n/a
20.06(4)
Emergency Contacts
Annually and as needed
January 31st and within 30 days after any changes
				  thereafter
n/a
20.07(1)
Aging Report
Every five years
March 1st
Filed with Annual Safety Report
20.07(2)
Manhole Repair List
Annually
March 1st
Filed with Annual Safety Report
20.08(2)
Customer Education and Information
				  Program
Annually
January
				  31st
n/a
20.11(1)
Condition Assessment
Every ten years
March 1st
Filed with Annual Safety Report
20.11(2)(e)
SDIMP performance measures
Annually
March 1st
Filed with Annual Safety Report
20.11(2)(f)
SDIMP re-evaluation results
Every ten years
March 1st
Filed with Annual Safety Report
20.15(1), (2), (3)
Incidents and Interruptions
As needed
By telephone upon discovery; written report within 30
				  days
n/a
20.15(4)
Annual Safety Report
Annually
March 1st
n/a
20.16(1)
Corporate Filings
As needed
Within one month of changes or
				  revisions
n/a
20.16(2)
Operating Revenues
Annually
March 31st
n/a
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 21.00 - Subdivision › Section 21.01 - Purpose and Scope

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(1)
Purpose
.
		220 CMR
		21.00 establishes regulations for electric
		Distribution Companies to enter into Long-term Contracts with Renewable Energy
		Developers to facilitate the financing of renewable energy
		generation.
(2)
Scope
.
(a)
									220 CMR
		21.00 applies to electric Distribution Companies
		within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(b)
									220 CMR
		21.00 applies to Long-term Contracts between Renewable
		Energy Developers and electric Distribution Companies, and the resources
		proposed under such contracts.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 21.00 - Subdivision › Section 21.02 - Definitions

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For the purposes of
		  220 CMR
		  21.00, the terms set forth in 220 CMR 21.02 are
		  defined as follows, unless the context otherwise requires.
Customer
means a recipient of
		  distribution service provided by a Distribution Company.
Department
means the Department of
		  Public Utilities.
Distribution Company
means electric
		  Distribution Company, as defined in M.G.L. c. 164, § 1.
DOER
means the Department of Energy
		  Resources.
Long-term Contract
under
		  220 CMR
		  21.00 means a contract with a term of ten to 20
		  years.
Renewable Energy Generation Source
means a source of generation of electricity or related attributes from
		  renewable resources.
Renewable Energy Developer
means an
		  individual or company engaged in the business of developing renewable energy
		  generation sources for the production of electricity and renewable energy
		  generation attributes.
Renewable Resources
shall be as
		  defined in M.G.L. c. 25A, § 11F.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 21.00 - Subdivision › Section 21.03 - General Terms and Conditions

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(1) Commencing
		on January 1, 2013 and ending on December 31, 2016, all Distribution Companies
		shall conduct two joint solicitations for proposals from Renewable Energy
		Developers.
(2) A Distribution
		Company may satisfy its obligations under
		220 CMR
		21.00 through individual competitive solicitations
		that are independent from the two joint solicitations for proposals from
		Renewable Energy Developers and, provided reasonable proposals have been
		received, enter into cost effective Long-term Contracts to facilitate the
		financing of Renewable Energy Generation under
		220 CMR
		21.00 if, upon petition to the Department prior to the
		first joint solicitation, the Department rules that a solicitation by an
		individual Distribution Company would be more cost effective to ratepayers than
		said Distribution Company engaging in a joint solicitation.
(3) A Long-term Contract entered into by a
		Distribution Company shall be filed with and approved by the Department before
		it becomes effective.
(4) A
		Long-term Contract must meet the criteria established by
		220 CMR
		21.00, and other applicable Department
		precedent.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 21.00 - Subdivision › Section 21.05 - General Criteria for Long-term Contracts and Renewable Energy Generation Sources

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(1) Long-term Contracts must be with
		renewable generation sources that:
(a) Have a
		commercial operation date, as verified by DOER, on or after January 1,
		2013;
(b) Are qualified by DOER as
		eligible to participate in the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) program, and
		to sell RECs under the RPS program;
(c) Are determined by the Department to:
1. Provide enhanced electricity reliability
		within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
2. Contribute to moderating system peak load
		requirements;
3. Be cost effective
		to Massachusetts electric ratepayers over the term of the contract;
		and
4. Create additional employment
		and economic development, where feasible; and
(d) Are a cost-effective mechanism for
		procuring low cost renewable energy on a long-term basis taking into account
		the factors outlined in
		220 CMR
		21.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 21.00 - Subdivision › Section 21.06 - Use of Energy and RECs Obtained through Long-term Contracts

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(1) After purchasing renewable energy, RECs,
		or both, a Distribution Company may:
(a) Sell
		the energy to its basic service Customers, and retain RECs for the purpose of
		meeting the applicable annual RPS requirements.
(b) Sell the energy into the wholesale
		electricity spot market, and sell the purchased RECs through a competitive bid
		process; or
(c) Select an
		alternative approach in accordance with
		220
		CMR 21.04(5), subject to
		review and approval of the Department.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 21.00 - Subdivision › Section 21.07 - Remuneration to Distribution Companies

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(1) A
		Distribution Company may receive an annual remuneration equal to 2.75% of the
		annual payments under a Long-term Contract.
(2) The purpose of such remuneration shall be
		to compensate the Distribution Company for accepting the financial obligation
		of the Long-term Contract.
(3) To
		the extent that significant transmission costs are included in a bid, the
		Department will authorize the contracting parties to seek recovery of such
		transmission costs through federal transmission rates, consistent with policies
		and tariffs of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to the extent the
		Department finds that such recovery is in the public interest.
(4)220 CMR 21.07 shall be acted upon by the
		Department at the time of contract approval.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 21.00 - Subdivision › Section 21.08 - Long-term Contracts and RPS Requirements

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(1) A Distribution Company's obligation to
		enter Long-term Contracts is separate and distinct from its obligation to meet
		RPS requirements.
(2)
								220 CMR
		21.00 will not limit consideration of other short- or
		Long-term Contracts for power and/or RECs submitted by a Distribution Company
		for review and approval by the Department.
(3) If RPS requirements terminate, a
		Distribution Company's obligation to solicit Long-term Contracts under
		220 CMR
		21.00 shall also cease. However, Long-term Contracts
		that are already signed and approved by the Department will remain in full
		force and effect.
(4) Distribution
		Companies shall not enter into Long-term Contracts under
		220 CMR
		21.00 that would, in the aggregate, exceed 4% of total
		energy demand from all Customers in the service territory of the Distribution
		Company.
(5) If a Distribution
		Company has entered into Long-term Contracts consistent with
		220 CMR
		21.00, it shall not be required by regulation or order
		or other agreement to enter into additional Long-term Contracts under
		220 CMR
		21.00.
(6)
		Provided, however, Distribution Companies may voluntarily execute additional
		Long-term Contracts, subject to the approval of the Department.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 22.00 - Notification Of Vegetation Maintenance Activities For Transmission Rights-of-way › Section 22.01 - Purpose and Scope

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(1)
Purpose
.
		220 CMR 22.00 establishes the
		procedures for notifying Municipal Officials, the Department of Public
		Utilities, and Abutters to electric transmission Rights-of-way of planned
		vegetation maintenance activities to be performed by Transmission
		Companies.
(2)
Scope
.
		220 CMR 22.00 applies to
		Transmission Companies as defined in M.G.L. c. 164, § 1.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 22.00 - Notification Of Vegetation Maintenance Activities For Transmission Rights-of-way › Section 22.02 - Definitions

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For the purposes of
		  220 CMR 22.00, the terms set
		  forth in 220 CMR 22.02 shall be defined as follows, unless the context
		  otherwise requires.
Abutter
means a person or entity that
		  owns or occupies real property that abuts a Transmission Company's
		  Right-of-way.
Critical Event
means an event:
(a) in which there is an imminent threat or actual impairment
		  of service reliability or public safety; or
(b) in which access to Transmission Facilities, as defined in
		  M.G.L. c. 164, § 1, is necessary to restore power.
Department
means Department of Public
		  Utilities.
Emergency Event
means an event in
		  which widespread outages or Service Interruptions have occurred in the service
		  area of a Transmission Company due to storms or other causes beyond the control
		  of a Transmission Company.
Municipal Officials
means the mayor,
		  city manager, chief executive officer, and/or chairman of the board of
		  selectman of a municipality.
Right-of-way
means any corridor of
		  land over which Transmission Facilities, as defined in M.G.L. c. 164, § 1,
		  are located.
Service Interruption
means the loss of
		  service to one or more customers connected to a distribution system and/or
		  transmission system, or loss of a transmission facility or line.
Transmission Company
means a company
		  engaging in the transmission of electricity or owning, operating or controlling
		  transmission facilities, as defined M.G.L. c. 164, § 1.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 22.00 - Notification Of Vegetation Maintenance Activities For Transmission Rights-of-way › Section 22.03 - Notification Regarding Transmission-related Vegetation Maintenance Activities

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(1) Prior to March
		31st each year, each Transmission Company shall
		notify the Department, by first class mail and electronic mail, and the
		Municipal Officials in each municipality in which the Transmission Company
		plans to conduct transmission-related vegetation maintenance activities during
		the following calendar year, by first class mail or electronic mail. The
		notification shall provide a description of the vegetation maintenance
		activities to be performed and the timeframe and location(s) of such
		activities.
(2) Each Transmission
		Company also shall make a good faith effort to notify Abutters, Municipal
		Officials, and the Department not less than 30 days before commencing any
		transmission-related vegetation maintenance activities.
(a) Notice to Abutters shall be by:
1.first class mail and either;
2.electronic mail or door hangers.