Bill Text: MA H3101 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: That the Secretary of Energy and the Environment be directed to develop a plan to retrofit existing residential buildings in the Commonwealth to meet energy efficiency requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-04 - Accompanied a study order, see H04969 [H3101 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3101-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Matthew C. Patrick
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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 energy planning.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Matthew C. Patrick |
3rd Barnstable |
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John F. Quinn |
9th Bristol |
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Tom Sannicandro |
7th Middlesex |
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Barry R. Finegold |
17th Essex |
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Peter v. Kocot |
1st Hampshire |
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Elizabeth A. Malia |
11th Suffolk |
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David B. Sullivan |
6th Bristol |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to energy planning.
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. The M.G.L. are amended by the following language. Not with standing any general law to the contrary the Secretary of Energy and the Environment shall develop a plan that anticipates the cost of fossil fuels increasing exponentially over the next ten years. The secretary shall create a pragmatic plan that will retrofit existing residential buildings in the Commonwealth to meet energy efficiency requirements that will lower overall energy usage per unit by at least fifty percent over a ten year period. Said plan shall be completed within one year of the passage of this bill.
