By Mr. Pedone of Worcester, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3826) of Vincent A. Pedone for legislation to establish an energy facility site registry under the Energy Facilities Siting Board. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Vincent A. Pedone

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act creating an energy facilities site registry.

    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. Section 69J of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after section 69J¼, the following new section:—
Section 69J 1/8. The board shall create an energy facility site registry as a public information resource. The registry will request information from all governing bodies of all cities and towns in the commonwealth which have expressed interest, in writing, to be a host community for a generation facility. When a municipality is requesting entry into the energy facilities siting board site registry, the municipality shall also indicate if there is a preferred site in the locality and if such site has been designated as a brownfield, so called.
The municipality may also indicate if the site has access to an existing transmission corridor. Such information shall be noted in the registry, and made available to prospective developers. The board may request additional information to the registry at its own discretion. The board shall implement the registry program and promulgate regulations for such an energy facility site registry. No municipality shall be excluded from generation site consideration for failure to register with the siting board registry.