General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 25A Division of Energy Resources
- Massachusetts General Laws - Department of energy resources; commissioner - Chapter 25A, Section 1
There shall be within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs a department called the department of energy resources, under the supervision of a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; responsibilities; divisions established within department; description of organization statement - Chapter 25A, Section 2
The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department of energy resources and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 25A, Section 3
For the purposes of this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Alternative energy development”, shall include but not be limited to solar...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Officers and employees - Chapter 25A, Section 4
Subject to appropriation, the commissioner of energy resources with the approval of the governor may appoint such persons as he shall deem necessary to perform...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports filed with legislative committees - Chapter 25A, Section 5
The commissioner shall file an annual report with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties - Chapter 25A, Section 6
The department and its appropriate administrative units shall:— (1) develop and administer programs relating to energy conservation, alternative energy development, non-renewable energy supply and resource...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Collection of energy information; reports; violations - Chapter 25A, Section 7
The department shall have the authority to collect price, inventory and product delivery data, including amounts and types of product sold, and other information which...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Declaration of energy emergency - Chapter 25A, Section 8
The governor shall have the authority to declare an energy emergency in the commonwealth due to actual or imminent severe energy supply interruption in the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Information obtained from other agencies or political subdivisions - Chapter 25A, Section 9
To assist the office in the discharge of its duties, the commissioner may request from any agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth any information...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Division of green communities; duties of director; program; qualification as a green community; funding; rules; annual report - Chapter 25A, Section 10
(a) The division of green communities shall assist the commonwealth’s municipalities and other local governmental bodies to: reduce energy consumption and costs, reduce pollution, facilitate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Competitive bidding procedure for municipal green communities - Chapter 25A, Section 10A
The division shall design and implement a competitive bidding procedure for the procurement of electric generation from renewable and alternative generating facilities on behalf of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment of energy programs; rules and regulations; contracts; grants - Chapter 25A, Section 11
The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to establish (i) an energy audit program to determine the energy consumption levels of and appropriate energy conservation...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commercial and apartment conservation service program; enforcement; penalties - Chapter 25A, Section 11A
(a) The commissioner of energy resources is hereby authorized to prepare a state plan and to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Motor vehicles owned by commonwealth; fuel efficiency - Chapter 25A, Section 11B
Motor vehicles owned and operated by the commonwealth, as they are removed from service, shall only be replaced with vehicles that have above-average fuel efficiency...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts for procurement of energy management services - Chapter 25A, Section 11C
(a) A state agency or building authority may, in the manner provided by this section, contract for the procurement of energy management services. Such contracts...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Consumer education; telephone hotline; plan approval - Chapter 25A, Section 11D
To enable retail customers to realize savings from electric utility restructuring, the commissioner, in consultation with local and state-wide consumer groups, is hereby authorized and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Monitoring and reporting on electricity system reliability and future capacity excesses or deficits - Chapter 25A, Section 11E
The department is hereby authorized and directed to monitor any independent systems operator or power exchanges organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 164. The...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Renewable energy portfolio standard for retail electricity suppliers - Chapter 25A, Section 11F
(a) The department shall establish a renewable energy portfolio standard for all retail electricity suppliers selling electricity to end-use customers in the commonwealth. By December...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Alternative renewable energy portfolio standard - Chapter 25A, Section 11F1/2
(a) The department shall establish an alternative energy portfolio standard for all retail electricity suppliers selling electricity to end-use customers in the commonwealth. Every retail...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Coordination of ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs - Chapter 25A, Section 11G
The department of energy resources shall have the authority to oversee and coordinate ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs. The department shall seek to achieve goals including,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assessments against electric and gas utility companies; rate determined and certified annually by commissioner - Chapter 25A, Section 11H
(a) The department of energy resources may make an assessment against each electric and gas utility company doing business in the commonwealth. This section shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Energy management services contracts; request for qualifications; regulations; payments; performance bond - Chapter 25A, Section 11I
(a) A state agency, local governmental body or building authority may use this section in the procurement of energy management services as an alternative to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations; submission to General Court - Chapter 25A, Section 12
Except for emergency regulations adopted pursuant to section two of chapter thirty A, and except for actions taken under section eight of this chapter, any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Department of Energy Resources Credit Trust Fund - Chapter 25A, Section 13
(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may apply for, receive, retain, redeem, sell or transfer any energy conservation credits,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts for energy conservation projects costing one hundred thousands dollars or less; additions to monthly utility bills. - Chapter 25A, Section 14
(a) A state agency, building authority or local governmental body may contract for energy conservation projects that have a total project cost of $100,000 or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts for photovoltaic projects costing less than one hundred thousand dollars. - Chapter 25A, Section 15
(a) For solar photovoltaic projects with a total project cost that is less than $100,000, a state agency, building authority or local governmental body may...
Last modified: September 11, 2015