Bill Text: MA H3085 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Directing the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development to study the cost reliability and economic impact of electricity
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-04 - Accompanied a study order, see H04969 [H3085 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3085-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 bill:
An Act Relative to Studying Electricity Reliability .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
20th Middlesex |
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Viriato Manuel deMacedo |
1st Plymouth |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Elizabeth Poirier |
14th Bristol |
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Paul K. Frost |
7th Worcester |
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Bradford R. Hill |
4th Essex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Robert S. Hargraves |
1st Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Studying Electricity Reliability .
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of housing and economic development shall conduct a study to examine the cost reliability and economic impact of electricity. The study shall include, but not be limited to: an analysis of the economic and reliability implications of implementation of administrative, regulatory and legislative rulemaking as it pertains to electricity; and the implications, economic and otherwise of reaching the administration’s goals relating to zero net energy growth, greenhouse gas reductions or scheduled increases in renewable power, demand resources and energy efficiency. The study shall be completed with stakeholder input, including representatives from various sectors of the Massachusetts economy. The study shall be completed and submitted to the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities, and energy no later than December 31, 2009.
