Competitive supply laws and regulations

Here, you can find the Legislative Session Laws and regulations related to competitive supply.

Legislative Session Laws

• Chapter 164 of the Acts of 1997: Massachusetts Electric Industry Restructuring Act

Department of Public Utilities Regulations

• Electric restructuring regulations: 220 CMR 11.00 et seq. 
  • Licensing, customer authorization, and information disclosure requirements
• Billing and termination regulations for residential customers: 220 CMR 25.00 et seq.
• Security deposits and late payment charges applicable to non-residential customers: 220 CMR 26.00 et seq.
• No deposit required of residential customers: 220 CMR 27.00 et seq.
• Billing regulations for condominiums: 220 CMR 28 et seq.
• Billing sanitary code violations: 220 CMR 29.00 et seq.

Attorney General Regulations

• Retail marketing and sale of electricity regulations: 940 CMR 19.00 et seq. 

Department of Energy Resources Regulations

• Renewable energy portfolio standard – Class I: 225 CMR 14.00 et seq.
• Renewable energy portfolio standard – Class II: 225 CMR 15.00 et seq.
• Alternative energy portfolio standard: 225 CMR 16.00 et seq.
• Clean peak energy portfolio standard: 225 CMR 21.00 et seq. 

DOER also has a compliance information for retail electric supplier webpage.

Department of Environmental Protection Regulations

• Clean energy standard: 310 CMR 7.75 et seq.