Siting Division of the Department of Public Utilities

 

Siting Division Responsibilities

Pursuant to G.L. c. 25, § 4, the Department of Public Utilities ("Department") refers certain types of Department proceedings to the Siting Division for review. These types of proceedings are as follows:

  • Issuing licenses to construct and operate transmission lines pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72;
  • Providing individual and comprehensive exemptions from municipal zoning by-laws for facilities, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3; and
  • To authorize the taking land by eminent domain for facility easements, pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 69R.
  • To authorize the taking of land by eminent domain for railroads, pursuant to G.L. c. 160, § 83.
  • DPU Chair can consolidate a project with both Department and Siting Board jurisdictions for the EFSB to conduct a single adjudicatory proceeding pursuant to G.L. c. 25, 4.

 

This information is provided by the Department of Public Utilities