Chapter 21N

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:— ''Adaptation'', adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli and associated impacts, including bu…

Section 10. (a) The secretary and the secretary of public safety and security shall coordinate efforts across the commonwealth to strengthen the resiliency of communities, prepare for the impacts of climate change and prepare for and mitigate damage from extreme weather events. T…

Section 11. (a) The secretary shall develop and support a municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program. The program shall consist of: (i) financial assistance to municipalities to complete a community-led resilience building process and vulnerability assessment that enables…

Section 12. (a) Upon issuance by the department of a notice of non-compliance, any alternative compliance payment, as defined in 310 CMR 7.75, owed by a retail electric supplier pursuant to sections 2, 6 and 7, including any interest, additional amount, addition to debt or assess…

Section 2. (a) The department shall establish programs to monitor and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and shall promulgate regulations regarding sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gases in order to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions limits and sublimits …

Section 3. (a) The department shall, pursuant to chapter 30A, determine the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in calendar year 1990 and reasonably project what the emissions level will be in calendar year 2020 if no measures are imposed to lower emissions other than those …

Section 3A. (a) The secretary shall, in consultation with the secretary of economic development, the secretary of housing and livable communities, and the secretary of transportation, adopt sector-based statewide greenhouse gas emissions sublimits as components of each statewide …

Section 3B. Not later than March 1 of every third year of each plan approved under section 21 of chapter 25, the secretary shall set a goal, expressed in tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, for the succeeding plan's necessary contribution to meeting each statewide greenhouse gas e…

Section 4. (a) The secretary shall adopt the 2020 statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit that shall be between 10 per cent and 25 per cent below the 1990 emissions level and a plan for achieving said reduction. The secretary shall consult with all state agencies and regional au…

Section 5. To the extent practicable, the roadmap plans required by subsection (b) of section 3 for 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040 and 2045 shall be consistent with each other, cumulative in effect and constructed to realize the 2050 statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit imposed by sa…

Section 6. The secretary shall establish programs to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and promulgate regulations regarding sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gases in order to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions limits and sublimits and implement the roadm…

Section 7. (a) The secretary, in consultation with the executive office of administration and finance, may consider the use of market-based compliance mechanisms to address climate change concerns; provided, however, that prior to the use of any market-based compliance mechanism,…

Section 8. The secretary shall convene an advisory committee to advise the executive office in overseeing the greenhouse emissions reduction measures. The advisory committee shall consist of representatives from the following sectors: commercial, industrial and manufacturing; tra…

Section 9. Nothing in this chapter shall affect the authority of the public utility commission or the obligation of an electric utility to provide customers with safe and reliable electric service. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude, prohibit or restrict the construction of a…