JOINT COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UTILITIES AND ENERGY

House Staff:
Room 473B
State House
Boston, MA 02133
House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2263


Senate Staff:
Room 413D
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1494


It shall be the duty of the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy to consider all matters concerning the exploration, exploitation and developmenent of energy sources, such as coal, gas, oil, nuclear fusion, solar rays, tidal movement, etc., including the siting of energy facilities, public utilities, wind farms, bottle bill, and such other matters as may bereferred.


Members appointed to the committee:

Morrissey of Norfolk and Plymouth - Chair
Tucker of Second Essex and Middlesex - Vice-Chair
Creem of First Middlesex and Norfolk
Donnelly of Fourth Middlesex
Pacheco of First Plymouth and Bristol
Tarr of First Essex and Middlesex
Finegold of Andover - Chair
Kane of Holyoke - Vice-Chair
Rogers of Norwood
Ayers of Quincy
DiNatale of Fitchburg
Puppolo of Springfield
Basile of Boston
Ehrlich of Marblehead
Benson of Lunenburg
deMacedo of Plymouth
Polito of Shrewbury

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:



Docket No.
 Bill No. Sponsor Title
       
SD222 S1472 Brewer An Act amending the heating assistance and tax relief. 
SD267 S1473 Brewer An Act Providing Access to Renewable Energy Resources. 
SD1467 S1474 Brewer An Act requiring customers to be notified on the status of the service provided to them. 
SD1473 S1475 Brewer An Act eliminating the "private" caller feature. 
SD885 S1476 Creem An Act relative to gas meter readings. 
SD1076 S1477 Creem An Act to promote energy efficient state government. 
SD1079 S1478 Creem An Act relative to consumer choice of green electricity. 
SD1081 S1479 Creem An Act relative to the production of wind energy in Boston harbor. 
SD1495 S1480 Creem An Act to improve recycling rates in the commonwealth. 
SD1518 S1481 Creem An Act to promote energy efficient lighting, conserve energy, regulate outdoor night lighting, and reduce light pollution. 
SD473 S1482 Donnelly An Act relative to the failure to remove existing poles. 
SD360 S1483 Downing An Act relative to service quality standards. 
SD371 S1484 Downing An Act authorizing biomass net metering. 
SD1530 S1485 Downing An Act encouraging renewable energy generation. 
SD289 S1486 Eldridge An Act Relative to Tampering with Water Company Meters. 
SD294 S1487 Eldridge An Act to Reinstate the Clean Environment Fund. 
SD303 S1488 Eldridge An Act Relative to Water Meter Testing Fees. 
SD943 S1489 Eldridge An Act to Improve Recycling Rates in the Commonwealth Through the Convenient Location of Receptacles. 
SD1372 S1490 Flanagan An Act Amending Utility Rate Hearings. 
SD1539 S1491 Flanagan An Act to Promote Utility System Reliability. 
SD1739 S1492 Flanagan An Act to Provide Emergency Relief for Electric Customers. 
SD1937 S1493 Flanagan An Act Regarding Service Quality Penalties. 
SD1989 S1494 Flanagan An Act Regarding Service Outage Restoration Penalties. 
SD1991 S1495 Flanagan An Act Regarding Mutual Assistance Agreements. . 
SD1699 S1496 Hart An Act Relative to Promoting Safety by Making Gas Gate Boxes Easily Accessible to Gas Company Service Employees and Emergency Public Service Personnel. 
SD1717 S1497 Hart An Act Relative to the Monitoring of Natural Gas. 
SD1730 S1498 Hart An Act Providing for Enhanced Protection in the Marking of Underground Utility Lines. 
SD1732 S1499 Hart An Act Providing for the Inclusion of Certain Gas Employees Within the Protective Provisions of the Deregulation Law. 
SD434 S1500 Hedlund An Act to improve recycling in the Commonwealth. 
SD1312 S1501 Hedlund An Act Relative to Octane Ratings. 
SD1313 S1502 Hedlund An Act Relative to Gasoline Prices. 
SD1575 S1503 Menard An Act relative to the alternative portfolio standard. 
SD499 S1504 Morrissey An Act relative to comprehensive wind energy siting reform. 
SD507 S1505 Morrissey An Act relative to energy efficiency funds generated by municipal lighting plants. 
SD553 S1506 Morrissey An Act further regulating directory assistance. 
SD593 S1507 Morrissey An Act relative to dynamic pricing for electric customers in the commonwealth. 
SD650 S1508 Morrissey An Act relative to the temporary relocation of utility wires. 
SD653 S1509 Morrissey An Act to protect the electricity grid. 
SD656 S1510 Morrissey An Act to promote regulated utility service. 
SD659 S1511 Morrissey An Act to protect electricity consumers and the appropriation process from solicitation or acceptance of utility tariff-based funding for government activities. 
SD663 S1512 Morrissey An Act relative to municipal light plants. 
SD667 S1513 Morrissey An Act relative to injury caused by poles. 
SD674 S1514 Morrissey An Act relative to the authority of the department of telecommunications and cable. 
SD679 S1515 Morrissey An Act providing for the annual inspection of schools, churches, hospitals, theatres, arenas, and other public buildings by gas corporations in the commonwealth. 
SD683 S1516 Morrissey An Act relative to utility service call centers. 
SD830 S1517 Morrissey An Act relative to wireless telephone service. 
SD838 S1518 Morrissey An Act promoting further renewable energy competition. 
SD841 S1519 Morrissey An Act relative to the licensing of telecommunications professionals. 
SD1354 S1520 Morrissey An Act establishing the oilheat energy efficiency program. 
SD1540 S1521 Morrissey An Act relative to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. 
SD1601 S1522 Morrissey An Act relative to deployment and investment in advanced voice services. 
SD479 S1523 O'Leary An Act clarifying chapter 445 of the Acts of 2008 . 
SD556 S1524 O'Leary An Act relative to expanding energy efficiency in the Commonwealth. 
SD807 S1525 O'Leary An Act Establishing The Clean Communities and Recycling Grant Program in the Commonwealth. 
SD820 S1526 O'Leary An Act relative to default service. 
SD1511 S1527 O'Leary An Act relative to the establishment of municipal lighting authorities. 
SD1602 S1528 O'Leary An act relative to expanding the advanced smart metering program. 
SD2038 S1529 O'Leary An Act relative to reliability on Cape Cod. 
SD1853 S1530 Pacheco An Act further regulating utility customer service. 
SD1288 S1531 Panagiotakos An Act promoting consumer choice and competition for cable service. 
SD1767 S1532 Rosenberg An Act relative to the redemption of beverage containers. 
SD1959 S1533 Rosenberg An Act Relative to Home Energy Efficiency. 
SD309 S1534 Spilka An Act establishing a cell phone users bill of rights. 
SD1085 S1535 Spilka An Act Relative to Reusable Beverage Containers . 
SD1411 S1536 Tarr An Act to examine the cost reliability and economic impact of electricity. 
SD1122 S1537 Timilty An Act relative to the safety and protection of utility work and construction sites. 
SD1051 S1538 Tisei An Act relative to modernizing the requirements for electrical trade practice. 
SD1052 S1539 Tisei An Act to protect consumer privacy rights. 
SD1381 S1540 Tisei An Act relative to the qualification of inspectors of wire and assistant inspectors of wire employed by a city or town. 
SD82 S1541 Tolman An Act providing for a study of energy effeciency in laundromats. 
SD910 S1542 Tolman An Act to promote the safe operation of utility vaults. 
SD129 S1543 Tucker An Act relative to double poles. 
SD133 S1544 Tucker An Act relative to consumer protection in energy facility siting. 
SD134 S1545 Tucker An Act requiring local approval from neighboring communities in energy facility siting. 
SD1299 S1546 Tucker An Act Relative to Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing. 
SD404 S1547 Walsh An Act relative to providers of personal wireless services. 
HD1394 H3055 Ayers An Act further regulating the operation of cable television providers by requiring compilation of statistics detailing subscriber satisfaction. 
HD3510 H3056 Balser An Act to inform the public about utility rates. 
HD3946 H3057 Basile An Act relative to the reinstatement of the clean environment fund. 
HD1148 H3058 Binienda An Act relative to the sale of prepaid cell phones. 
HD1188 H3059 Binienda An Act relative to motor fuel pricing. 
HD1613 H3060 Bosley An Act relative to electric street poles. 
HD1794 H3061 Bosley An Act to promote reliable and high quality utility service in the Commonwealth. 
HD3126 H3062 Bradley An Act to enhance the clean environment and protect water resources. 
HD3808 H3063 Cabral An Act to reduce gasoline prices. 
HD1820 H3064 D'Amico An Act to limit outdoor night lighting, conserve energy, and reduce light pollution. 
HD3604 H3065 Dempsey An Act Relative to Comprehensive Wind Energy Siting Reform. 
HD3390 H3066 DiNatale An Act Further Regulating Distribution Companies. 
HD1695 H3067 Driscoll An Act relative to the safety and protection of utility work and construction sites. 
HD3020 H3068 Driscoll An Act to promote innovation, broadband deployment and investment in internet protocol services. 
HD1115 H3069 Ehrlich An Act to Reduce Coal Burning and Use. 
HD3549 H3070 Fagan An Act amending the advertising and bidding requirements for municipal lighting plants. 
HD3550 H3071 Fagan An Act amending the protection of a municipal lighting plants trade secrets and other proprietary information. 
HD3551 H3072 Fagan An Act authorizing municipal light department co-op training programs. 
HD3552 H3073 Fagan An Act providing additional authority for issuance of revenue bonds by the cities and towns having a municipal gas or electric department. 
HD3553 H3074 Fagan An Act relative to the indebtedness of municipal lighting plants. 
HD3554 H3075 Fagan An Act relative to broadband and telecommunications security. 
HD3758 H3076 Fagan An Act relative to the department of public utilities and notification to consumers. 
HD215 H3077 Fallon An Act relative to the expansion of the bottle bill. 
HD3194 H3078 Fennell An Act relative to telecommunications and telephone plans. . 
HD622 H3079 Garry An Act to update the bottle deposit system and lower the cost of recycling beverage containers in the Commonwealth. 
HD246 H3080 Greene An Act Banning the Construction of Carbon-based Power Plants. 
HD3347 H3081 Guyer An Act to Study the Safe, Reliable, and Cost-effecitve Transmission of Electric Power in the Commonwealth. 
HD3371 H3082 Guyer An Act to promote recycling in the Commonwealth's communities and schools. 
HD1517 H3083 Honan An Act to promote commercial tenant energy efficiency. 
HD1536 H3084 Honan An Act promote solar hot water installations. 
HD1698 H3085 Jones An Act Relative to Studying Electricity Reliability . 
HD325 H3086 Kane An Act Relating to the Replacement of Gas Meters. 
HD2179 H3087 Kaufman An Act relative to the establishment of municipal lighting authorities. 
HD3647 H3088 Kaufman An Act relative to underground storage tank petroleum product cleanup fund. 
HD2963 H3089 Kocot An Act relative to farm energy production. 
HD1535 H3090 Kujawski An Act further regulating the unfair retail sale of motor fuel at prices below cost. 
HD3478 H3091 Kujawski An Act to prevent fraudent redemption of empty beverage containers subject to the bottle law. 
HD443 H3092 Mariano An Act to reestablish the former DEQE/DEP Water Meter Modernization Grant Program. 
HD194 H3093 Murphy An Act relative to certain utility regulations. 
HD2049 H3094 Murphy An Act regarding developing a Wind Turbine Project in the Town of Weymouth. 
HD3911 H3095 Murphy An Act defining Green Energy Initiatives for Community Preservation. 
HD3430 H3096 Nangle An Act promoting fairness in gasoline product marketing and sales. 
HD3434 H3097 Nangle An Act further regulating cable television systems. 
HD3183 H3098 Naughton An Act relative to telecommunications professionals. 
HD865 H3099 Patrick An Act to Establish the Oil Heat Energy Efficiency Program. 
HD1193 H3100 Patrick An Act relative to the cost of new electrical transmission . 
HD1538 H3101 Patrick An Act relative to energy planning. 
HD1545 H3102 Patrick An Act relative to DPU hearings regarding new electric transmission projects. 
HD1548 H3103 Patrick AN ACT TO INCREASE THE AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF NET METERING. 
HD3812 H3104 Pedone An Act to Establish the Utility Safety Fund . 
HD3801 H3105 Peisch An Act regulating the leasing of telephone equipment. . 
HD3186 H3106 Peterson An Act relative to cutting down, trimming or removing bushes and small trees. 
HD1045 H3107 Poirier An Act prohibiting intentional misrepresentation by a business of its location. 
HD281 H3108 Puppolo An Act relative to municipal and town cell phones . 
HD3173 H3109 Quinn An Act to promote reliable and high quality telecommunications customer service in the Commonwealth. 
HD1493 H3110 Reinstein An Act requiring public utilities to provide prepaid postage to elderly persons. 
HD1884 H3111 Reinstein An Act relative to community antenna television systems. 
HD1885 H3112 Reinstein An Act relative to community antenna television systems. 
HD3396 H3113 Richardson An Act relative to reusable beverage containers. 
HD1112 H3114 Sandlin An Act relative to cable television charges. 
HD2478 H3115 Scaccia An Act requiring public telephones to be equipped with a headset for hearing amplification. 
HD2591 H3116 Scaccia An Act to require telephone companies serving the residents of the commonwealth of Massachusetts to enlarge the type size of the printing used in the telephone directories. 
HD3097 H3117 Scaccia An Act relating to the public records law. 
HD3483 H3118 Scaccia An Act to establish reduced telephone rates for deaf residents of the commonwealth. 
HD2973 H3119 Scibak An Act relative to solicitation disclosures. 
HD334 H3120 Sciortino An Act relative to electric street poles. 
HD424 H3121 Sciortino An Act relative to energy efficient construction. 
HD425 H3122 Sciortino An Act to promote economic development via renewable energy production. 
HD1162 H3123 Sciortino An Act relative to telephone directories 
HD3232 H3124 Smizik An act relative to expanding energy efficiency in the commonwealth. 
HD2974 H3125 Stanley An Act to expand the bottle bill. 
HD505 H3126 Straus An Act relative to school and library buildings. 
HD532 H3127 Straus An Act relative to a Renewable Energy Generation fund. 
HD537 H3128 Straus An Act relative to distributed generation. 
HD3492 H3129 Sullivan
HD2735 H3130 Timilty An Act prohibiting deceptive billing practices by cellular telephone service providers. 
HD2077 H3131 Toomey An Act relative to consumer choice of green electricity. 
HD2885 H3132 Walsh An Act to promote reliable and high quality utility service in the commonwealth. 
HD3291 H3133 Walsh An Act regulating the wireless telephone industry. 
HD3452 H3134 Walsh An Act to promote reliable and high quality utility service in the commonwealth. 
HD3635 H3135 Walsh An Act relative to corrosion and leak surveys. 
HD3636 H3136 Walsh An Act relative to the storage of LNG. 
HD1382 H3137 Wolf An Act to improve recycling rates in the commonwealth by providing recycling containers adjacent to beverage vending machines. 
HD1194 H3511 Binienda An Act requiring the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to provide alternative fuel at their facilities. 
HD807 H3512 Coakley-Rivera An Act to improve recycling and litter reduction. 
HD1291 H3513 Costello An Act further regulating utility companies. 
HD1310 H3514 Costello An Act promoting reliable and high quality utility service in the commonwealth. 
HD1314 H3515 Wolf An Act to improve recycling rates in the Commonwealth. 
HD2330 H3622 Dempsey An Act further regulating the provision of electricity and other services inithe Commonwealth. 
HD2747 H3762 Grant An Act to Promote Energy Efficient Lighting, Conserve Energy, Regulate Outdoor Night Lighting, and Reduce Light Pollution. 
HD2787 H3763 Kane An Act Relating to the Replacement of Gas meters. 
HD2745 H3764 McCarthy An Act to promote energy efficient lighting, conserve energy, and reduce light pollution. 
HD2671 H3765 Rodrigues An Act promoting consumer choice and competition for cable service. 
HD2733 H3766 Stanley An Act relative to electric poles. 
HD4109 H3849 DiNatale An Act relative to Public Utility Shareholders Dividends. 
HD4110 H3850 DiNatale An Act relative to estimated gas and electric bills. 
HD4112 H3851 DiNatale An Act regarding penalties for failing to comply with department order. 
HD4181 H3982 Frost An Act authorizing borrowing by cities and towns at zero per cent from the commonwealth for green energy sources. 
HD4208 H3983 Kaufman An Act relative to street lighting. 
HD4158 H3984 Smola An Act allowing cable companies to compete for business on a statewide basis. 
HD4170 H3985 Smola An Act to prevent propane gas suppliers from shutting off fuel during the winter. 
HD4227 H3986 Smola An Act requiring fuel additives to diesel fuel.

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