Zoning Exemption Decisions

View Zoning Exemption Orders issued by the Energy Facilities Siting Board and DPU Siting Division.

Orders

Docket NumberCompanyDescriptionLocation
D.P.U. 24-48Park City Wind Zoning Exemption

A Petition from Park City Wind for a Zoning Exemption in Barnstable.

Issued on: 02/10/2025

Barnstable
D.P.U. 22-59Cranberry Point Energy Storage, LLC

Petition of Cranberry Point Energy Storage, LLC, pursuant G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for a Comprehensive Exemption from the Operation of the Town of Carver Zoning Bylaws in Connection with the Construction and Operation of a Battery Energy Storage System and Switchyard

Issued on:  6/30/2023

Carver
DPU 22-18/22-19Medway Grid, LLC

Petition of Medway Grid, LLC, pursuant G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for Exemptions from the Town of Medway Zoning Bylaws.

Petition of Medway Grid, LLC, pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72 for Approval to Construct a New 345 kV Electric Transmission Line in the Town of Medway, MA.

Issued on:  6/30/2023

Medway
DPU 21-08Vineyard Wind 1 LLC

Petition of Vineyard Wind 1 LLC pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for Individual Exemptions and a Comprehensive Exemption from the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Issued on: 5/28/2021

Barnstable
DPU 18-155NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for Exemptions from the Zoning Bylaws of the Town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. 

Issued on: 4/30/2020

Oak Bluffs
DPU 18-21NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72, and G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for approval to construct and operate a new 115 kilovolt overhead transmission line on existing right-of-ways in the City of Westfield, Massachusetts and for exemptions from the operation of the City of Westfield Zoning Ordinance in connection with modifications of an existing substation and the construction of a new switching station.

Issued on: 8/2/2019

Westfield
DPU 17-147NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy

Petition of NST AR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy, pursuant to Section 6 of
Chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956, for exemptions from the Department of Public Utilities
from the Boston Zoning Code.

Issued On: 5/23/2019

Boston
DPU 17-114Hopkinton LNG Corp.

Petition of Hopkinton LNG Corporation Pursuant to G.L. c. 40A § 3 for Exemptions from the Operation of the Town of Hopkinton Zoning Bylaws.

Issued on: 12/21/2018

Hopkinton
DPU 15-44/15-45New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid

Petition of New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid for Approval to Construct and Operate a 345 kV Overhead Transmission Line on an Existing Right-of-Way in Tewksbury, Andover, and Dracut, Massachusetts, Pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72 and for Individual and Comprehensive Zoning Exemptions from the Towns of Tewksbury, Andover, and Dracut, Pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 4/28/2016

Tewksbury, Andover, and Dracut
DPU 15-85NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy Pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for Individual and Comprehensive Exemptions from the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Woburn.

Issued on: 3/28/2016

Woburn
DPU 15-02NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of an Exemption to the Zoning Bylaws of the Town of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, in connection with the Company's proposal to expand Hopkinton Substation No. 126 located at 226 South Street in the Town of Hopkinton, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 11/20/2015

Hopkinton
DPU 14-128/129New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid

Petition of New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of two replacement transmission lines (DPU14-128), pursuant to G.L. c.164, §72, and for exemptions from the zoning bylaws of the Towns of Greenfield and Montague (DPU14-129), pursuant to G.L. c.40A, §3.

Issued on: 8/7/2015

Greenfield and Montague
DPU 13-187/188Western Massachusetts Electric Company

Petition of Western Massachusetts Electric Company pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3, for Exemptions from the Zoning Bylaws of the Towns of Northfield and Erving and Petition of Western Massachusetts Electric Company and Petition of New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid for Approval pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72, to construct and operate a 115 kV overhead transmission line in Northfield and Erving.

Issued on: 7/14/2015

Northfield and Erving
DPU 14-55/56NSTAR Electric Company

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72 for approval to own and operate new 115 kV underground transmission line segments in the Town of Belmont and the City of Cambridge, and petition pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for exemption from the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Belmont.

Issued on: 5/26/2015

Belmont and Cambridge
DPU 14-03NSTAR Electric Company

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company for an Exemption to the Zoning Bylaws of the Town of Mashpee.

Issued on: 4/13/2015

Mashpee
DPU 13-177/178NSTAR Electric Company

NSTAR Electric Company petition pursuant to Section 6 of Chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956 for Exemptions from the Boston Zoning Code for a substation at Seafood Way in South Boston and Approval Pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72 to loop two of its existing 115 kV transmission lines from Northern Avenue to the new substation.

Issued on: 1/7/2015

Boston
DPU 13-126/127NSTAR Electric Company

Petition for exemption from Boston Zoning Code, pursuant to Section 6 of Chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956, and petition for approval to construct transmission lines in the City of Boston, pursuant to G.L. c. 164, §72.

Issued on: 9/26/2014

Boston
DPU 13-64NSTAR Electric Company

Petition for exemption from zoning ordinance of the Town of Barnstable, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 3/18/2014

Barnstable
DPU 12-02New England Power Co./Mass. Electric Co.

Petition of New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72 for approval to construct a transmission line and a petition of New England Power Company and Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for exemption from the zoning bylaw of the Town of Westborough.

Issued on: 10/9/2012

Westborough
DPU 11-80NSTAR Electric Company

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company for an Exemption from the Zoning By-laws of the Town of Plympton, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, for proposed modifications to the Company's existing electric switching station of Brook Street in the Town of Plympton, Massachusetts.

Issued on: 7/9/2012

Plympton
DPU 11-26Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

Petition of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company for certain Exemptions from the Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Southwick, Massachusetts, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 1/6/2012

Southwick
DPU 09-136/09-137New England Power Company

Petition of New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72 to the Department of Public Utilities for a determination that the proposed construction of a new 115 kV overhead transmission line in the Towns of Millbury and Auburn, Massachusetts, are necessary and will serve the public convenience and be consistent with the public interest. Petition of New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 to the Department of Public Utilities for certain exemptions from the Zoning Bylaws of the Towns of Millbury and Auburn, Massachusetts.

Issued on: 10/13/2011

Millbury and Auburn
DPU 10-77New England Power Company

Petition for exemption from zoning ordinances, and determination of necessity relative to new 115 kV overhead transmission line in the towns of Easton and Mansfield, pursuant to G.L. c.164, §72.

Issued on: 5/6/2011

Easton and Mansfield
DPU 10-159Sheffield Water Company

Petition for an exemption by the Department of Public Utilities from the zoning by-laws of the Town of Sheffield relative to the construction of a water tank, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 5/2/2011

Sheffield
DTE/DPU06-60-CRussell Biomass LLC

Petition for an exemption of a biomass generating facility from the Town of Russell Zoning By-laws.

Issued on: 5/26/2010

Russell
DPU 09-27/09-28New England Power Company (NGRID)

Petitions for exemptions from zoning ordinances of towns of Groveland, West Newbury, Merrimac and Amesbury; and determination of necessity to construct a 115 kV overhead transmission line, pursuant to G.L. c.40A, §3 and c.164, §72 in the towns of Groveland, West Newbury, Merrimac and Amesbury.

Issued on: 3/26/2010

Groveland, West Newbury, Merrimac and Amesbury
DPU 09-24/25Western Mass Electric Co. (WMECO)

Petitions for exemptions from zoning ordinances of towns of Agawam and West Springfield, and approval to alter and operate as altered an existing transmission line, pursuant to G.L. to G.L. c.40A, '3 and c.164, §72 in the towns of Agawam and West Springfield.

Issued on: 3/19/2010

Agawam and West Springfield
DTE/DPU 06-60-BRussell Biomass LLC

Petition of Russell Biomass LLC pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for exemption from the zoning by-laws of the Town of Russell to construct and operate a wood-burning electric generating facility.

Issued on: 12/4/2009

Russell
DTE/DPU 06-60-ARussell Biomass LLC

Petition of Russell Biomass LLC, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3, for exemption from the zoning by-laws of the Town of Russell to construct and operate a wood-burning electric generating facility.

Issued on: 11/14/2008

Russell
DPU 08-1NSTAR Electric Company

Petition seeking approval to construct and operate transmission lines, and exemptions from the zoning code of the City of Waltham, pursuant to G.L. c.164, §72 and G.L. c.40A, §3.

Issued on: 9/25/2009

Waltham
DTE 06-60Russell Biomass LLC

Petition for an exemption of a biomass generating facility from the Town of Russell Zoning By-laws.

Issued on: 8/22/2008

Russell
DPU 07-60/07-61NSTAR Electric Company

Petition of NSTAR Electric Company pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 72 for approval to construct and operate new transmission lines in the Towns of Carver, Middleborough, Rochester and Wareham, and Petition pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for exemption from the Zoning By-Laws of Carver and Wareham to expand facilities at two electric substations.

Issued on: 4/2/2008

Carver, Middleborough, Rochester and Wareham
DTE 07-9/DTE 07-10NSTAR Electric Company

Petition for zoning exemption pursuant to G.L. c.40A, §3 to construct and operate a proposed expanded electric switching station; and a Petition pursuant to G.L. c.164, §72 to construct a electric transmission line, in the Town of Plympton.

Issued on: 11/26/2007

Plympton
DPU 06-11Princeton Municipal Light Department

Petition for an exemption of wind electric generating facilities from the Town of Princeton Zoning By-Laws.

Issued on: 9/24/2007

Princeton
DTE 04-81Massachusetts Electric Company

Petitions of New England Power Company and Massachusetts Electric Company pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for Exemptions from the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Haverhill to Expand Facilities at Ward Hill Substation.

Issued on: 5/26/2005

Haverhill
DTE 04-66New England Power Company

Petition of New England Power Company for exemption of an electric substation additions from the zoning code of the City of Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Issued on: 3/3/2005

Haverhill
DTE 04-04New England Power Company

Petition of New England Power Company for Zoning Exemption from the Town of West Boylston, Massachusetts, in the Proposed Expansion of its Wachusett No. 47 Substation.

Issued on: 12/21/2004

West Boylston
DTE 03-83USGen New England, Inc

Petition of USGen New England, Inc., pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3, for exemption from the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Salem for purposes of construction and use of an emissions control project at Salem Harbor Station.

Issued on: 6/22/2004

Salem
DTE 03-7Commonwealth Electric Company

Petition of Commonwealth Electric Company for exemption by the Department of Telecommunications and Energy from operation of the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts with respect to the construction and use of substation facilities, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 4/29/2003

Barnstable
DTE 01-57Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

Petition of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company for exemption from the Town of Agawam zoning ordinance for the purpose of constructing and operating a gas chromatograph building.

Issued on: 4/17/2002

Agawam
DTE 01-77Massachusetts Electric Company

Petition of Massachusetts Electric Company for an exemption by the Department of Telecommunications and Energy from the operation of the Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Westford, Massachusetts with respect to the construction and use of substation facilities, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 4/23/2002

Westford
D.T.E. 00-24Boston Gas

Petition of Boston Gas Company pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 seeking an exemption from the zoning by-laws of the Town of Danvers for the purpose of constructing a meter/regulation station in connection with Boston Gas Company's delivery of natural gas.

Issued on: 2/22/2001

Danvers
D.T.E. 99-50Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

Petition pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3 for an exemption from the zoning bylaws of the Town of Mendon in order to expand its compressor station and other natural gas pipeline facilities on its properties with frontage on Thayer Road, Mendon, Massachusetts.

Issued on: 4/27/2000

Mendon
D.T.E 99-35Western Massachusetts Electric Company

Petition of Western Massachusetts Electric Company, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3, for an exemption from the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Agawam, Massachusetts, for the purposes of constructing a new substation.

Issued on: 9/15/1999

Agawam
D.T.E. 98-105Grafton and Upton Railroad

Petition of Grafton and Upton Railroad Company for approval by the Department of Telecommunications and Energy for an exemption from the Zoning By-laws of the Town of Grafton, pursuant to G.L. c. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 11/22/1999

Grafton
D.T.E. 98-102Sprint Spectrum

Issued on: 4/7/1999

Sturbridge
D.T.E. 98-33Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

Petition of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40A, §3 for exemption in particular respects from the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Agawam.

Issued on: 12/10/1998

Agawam
D.P.U 96-104Berkshire Power Development

Petition of Berkshire Power Development, Inc. for approval by the Department of Pub1ic Utilities for an exemption from the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Agawam, pursuant to G.L. C. 40A, § 3.

Issued on: 10/22/1997

Agawam
D.P.U./D.T.E. 95-80Nextel CommunicationsIssued on: 3/2/1999Marlborough
D.P.U. 95-59Sithe West Medway

Issued on: 2/9/1996

Sterling
D.P.U. 95-59ANextel

Issued on: 7/19/1996

Sterling
D.P.U. 84-246-A/84-247-A/84-248-ANew England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company

Joint petition of New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company for a determination that proposed electric transmission lines in the Towns of Tyngsborough, Dunstable, Groton, Ayer, Shirley, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Grafton, Millbury, Sutton, Upton, Milford, Medway, and the City of Leominster and the alteration of existing transmission lines in the Towns of Ayer, Shirley, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury and Millbury are necessary and would serve the public convenience and be consistent with the public interest.

Joint petition of New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company for exemption of electric transmission lines from zoning by-laws of the Towns of Tyngsborough, Dunstable, Groton, Shirley, Lancaster, sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Grafton, Millbury, Sutton, Upton, Milford, and Medway and the zoning ordinance of the City of Leominster.

Joint petition of New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company for exemption of electric converter terminal from zoning by-laws of the Towns of Ayer and Groton.

Issued on: 6/23/1986

Tyngsborough, Dunstable, Groton, Ayer, Shirley, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Grafton, Millbury, Sutton, Upton, Milford, Medway, Leominster 
D.P.U. 84-246/84-247/84-248New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company

Joint petition of New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company for a determination that proposed electric transmission lines in the Towns of Tyngsborough, Dunstable, Groton, Ayer, Shirley, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Grafton, Millbury, Sutton, Upton, Milford, Medway, and the City of Leominster and the alteration of existing transmission lines in the Towns of Ayer, Shirley, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury and Millbury are necessary and would serve the public convenience and be consistent with the public interest.

Joint petition of New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company for exemption of electric transmission lines from zoning by-laws of the Towns of Tyngsborough, Dunstable, Groton, Shirley, Lancaster, sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Grafton, Millbury, Sutton, Upton, Milford, and Medway and the zoning ordinance of the City of Leominster.

Joint petition of New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc. and New England Power Company for exemption of electric converter terminal from zoning by-laws of the Towns of Ayer and Groton.

Issued on: 4/11/1986

Tyngsborough, Dunstable, Groton, Ayer, Shirley, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Grafton, Millbury, Sutton, Upton, Milford, Medway, Leominster 

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