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 commissioner of energy resources, hereinafter the commissioner. The duties given to the commissioner in thi…

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 the development of renewable and alternative energy resources, and create loc…

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 municipalities certified as green communities under section 10. Any competitive bids r…

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 measures for buildings and facilities owned by (a) the commonwealth, (b) its political subdivi…

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 the Massachusetts commercial and apartment conservation service program, including requiring all utilities, as de…

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 for new vehicles within their size class as determined by the federal government. The provisions of t…

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 may include terms of not more than 20 years. The state agency or building authority shall solicit competit…

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 directed to undertake activities, subject to appropriation, to assist consumers in…

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 department shall determine the extent to which said operators and exchanges serve the needs of ret…

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 31, 1999, the department shall determine the actual percentage of kilowatt-hours sa…

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, but not limited to, the following: (i) ensure that energy efficiency funds are all…

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 not apply to municipally owned electric and gas companies. (b) The assessments shall be made to finance …

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 the procedures in section 11C. Nothing in this section shall preclude any such agency, body or authority from …

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 regulation, as defined in section one of said chapter thirty A, or any amendment or repeal of any such regulatio…

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, renewable energy certificates or credits, emissions credits, or energy reduction allowances earned …

Section 14. (a) A state agency, building authority, local governmental body or the judiciary may contract for energy conservation projects that have a total project cost of $300,000 or less, directly and without further solicitation, with electric and gas utilities, their subcont…

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 acquire photovoltaic panels and associated equipment for onsite use of the energy generated by these panels from…

Section 16. (a) For the purposes of this section and section 19, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Electric vehicle'', a battery electric vehicle that draws propulsion energy solely from an on-board electrical e…

Section 17. (a) Every retail electric supplier providing service under contracts executed or extended after December 31, 2018, shall provide a minimum percentage of kilowatt-hour sales to end-use customers in the commonwealth from clean peak resources. Not later than December 31,…

Section 18. (a) Upon issuance by the department of a notice of non-compliance, any alternative compliance payment, as defined in 225 CMR 14.02, owed by a retail electric supplier pursuant to sections 11F, 11F1/2 and 17, including any interest, additional amount, addition to debt …

Section 19. (a) There shall be an Electric Vehicle Adoption Incentive Trust Fund to be expended, without further appropriation, by the department of energy resources for funding electric vehicle incentive programs consistent with this section. The fund shall be credited with: (i)…

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 of law relative to the division and to each administrative unit thereof. There shall be within …

Section 20. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:— ''Building'', a building or multiple buildings on a parcel, or any grouping of buildings designated by the department as an appropr…

Section 21. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Anaerobic digestion facility'', a facility that: (i) generates electricity from a biogas produced by the accelerated biodegradation of o…

Section 3. For the purposes of this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Adaptation projects'', public infrastructure projects designed to mitigate adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli and associat…

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 the functions of the department and his office, provided that the provisions of chapter thirty-one and sectio…

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 energy and the senate and house committees on ways and means: (a) listing the number of employees of th…

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 development, energy bond authority, energy information, and ene…

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 is specifically necessary and material regarding petroleum products, electricity, natural gas, and ot…

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 commonwealth, or resulting from the obligating of the United States under the international energy program of the…

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 relevant to the discharge of such duties. An information copy of each application submitted by any state agenc…