HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 351 FILED ON: 1/10/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2946
[LOCAL APPROVAL RECEIVED.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kevin G. Honan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying:
An Act relative to solar electricity as demand management.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk |
Carlo Basile | 1st Suffolk |
William N. Brownsberger | Second Suffolk and Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 351 FILED ON: 1/10/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2946
By Mr. Honan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2946) of Kevin G. Honan, Carlo Basile and William N. Brownsberger relative to funding for energy efficiency programs. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Local Approval Received.] |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to solar electricity as demand management.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of section 19 of chapter 25 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the first paragraph, the following paragraph:-
Demand side management programs eligible for funding under this section shall include, but not be limited to, solar electricity. Funding may be supplemented by funds authorized by section 21. The programs shall be administered by the electric distribution companies. In authorizing such programs, the department shall ensure that they are delivered in a cost-effective manner capturing all available efficiency opportunities, minimizing administrative costs to the fullest extent practicable and utilizing competitive procurement processes to the fullest extent practicable.
