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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 1 · Department of public utilities; seal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 1A · Department priorities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 2 · Commonwealth utilities commission; membership; appointment and terms; chairman; quorum; salaries; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 2A · Energy advisory board; membership; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 3 · Commissioners; oath; interests in regulated industry companies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 4 · Chairman of commission; powers and duties; hearings; investigations; reports
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 4A · Hearings on change of rates or reduction in or discontinuance of service; time and place
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 4B · Authority of commissioner upon declaration of state of emergency
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 4C · Action for appointment of receiver to oversee operation of investor-owned electric distribution, transmission or natural gas distribution company during existence of emergency
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 5 · Rulings; orders; appeal; costs; staying enforcement; burden of proof; evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 5A · Witnesses; summonses; subpoenas; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 5B · Rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 5C · Hazardous materials; rail transportation regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 5D · Trade secrets, confidential information; protection from disclosure; burden of proof
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 5E · Audit of companies subject to jurisdiction of department; time of commencement; payment of costs; filing of results
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 6 · Repealed, 1923, 227
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 7 · Duties relative to common carriers; employees; division of railroad track inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 8 · Duties relative to common carriers; expenditures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 8A · Repealed, 1972, 694, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 9 · Duties relative to water, gas and electric companies; expenditures; employees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 9A · Repealed, 1934, 352, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 10 · Officers and employees; supervision and control
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 10A · Repealed, 1934, 352, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 10B · Filing fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 11, 12 · Repealed, 1935, 411, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12A, 12B · Repealed, 1939, 442, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12C to 12E · Repealed, 1954, 672, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12F · Transportation division; director; assistants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12G · Transportation division; investigations and inquiries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12H to 12L · Repealed, 1977, 843, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12M · Repealed, 1997, 164, Sec. 35
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12N · Facility siting division; clean energy infrastructure dashboard
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12O · Department of Telecommunications and Energy Trust Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12P · Department of Public Utilities Storm Trust Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12Q · Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12R · Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12S · Department of Public Utilities and Energy Facilities Siting Board Intervenor Support Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12T · Division of public participation; assisting parties with matters before the department or energy facilities siting board
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12E1/2 · Repealed, 2007, 19, Sec. 25
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 13 to 16 · Repealed, 1928, 139, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 17 · Repealed, 1997, 164, Sec. 35
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 17A · Repealed, 1997, 164, Sec. 36
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 18 · Assessments upon energy companies based on intrastate revenues; rates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 18A · Assessment against steam distribution companies; apportionment; time for payment; credit for unexpended funds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 19 · Funding for energy efficiency programs; mandatory charge per kilowatt-hour; other funding; gas energy efficiency programs; allocation of funds; transfer of funds for the clean energy equity workforce and market development program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 20 · Funding for development and promotion of renewable energy projects; mandatory charge per kilowatt-hour; election by certain municipal lighting plants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 21 · Energy efficiency and demand reduction resources cost-effective or less expensive than supply preferred; energy and natural gas efficiency investment plans; failure to reasonably comply with plan
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 22 · Energy efficiency advisory council; membership; duties; quarterly report to council
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 23 · Division for the administration, implementation and enforcement of chapter 159A1/2; funding from surcharge on transportation network companies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 1 · Department of energy resources; commissioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 2 · Commissioner; responsibilities; divisions established within department; description of organization statement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 3 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 4 · Officers and employees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 5 · Reports filed with legislative committees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 6 · Powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 7 · Collection of energy information; reports; violations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 8 · Declaration of energy emergency
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 9 · Information obtained from other agencies or political subdivisions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 10 · Division of green communities; duties of director; program; qualification as a green community; funding; rules; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 10A · Competitive bidding procedure for municipal green communities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11 · Establishment of energy programs; rules and regulations; contracts; grants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11A · Commercial and apartment conservation service program; enforcement; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11B · Motor vehicles owned by commonwealth; fuel efficiency
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11C · Contracts for procurement of energy management services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11D · Consumer education; telephone hotline; plan approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11E · Monitoring and reporting on electricity system reliability and future capacity excesses or deficits
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11F · Renewable energy portfolio standard for retail electricity suppliers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11G · Coordination of ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11H · Assessments against electric and gas utility companies; rate determined and certified annually by commissioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11I · Energy management services contracts; request for qualifications; regulations; payments; performance bond
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11F1/2 · Alternative renewable energy portfolio standard
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 11F3/4 · Municipal Lighting Plant GGES; minimum percentage of non-carbon emitting energy sold; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 12 · Regulations; submission to General Court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 13 · Department of Energy Resources Credit Trust Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 14 · Contracts for energy conservation projects costing one hundred thousands dollars or less; additions to monthly utility bills
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 15 · Contracts for photovoltaic projects costing less than one hundred thousand dollars.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 16 · Public electrical vehicle charging stations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 17 · Minimum percentage of kilowatt-hour sales from clean peak resources; participation of anaerobic digestion facilities in the Clean Peak Standard incentive program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 18 · Issuance of a notice of non-compliance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 19 · Electric Vehicle Adoption Incentive Trust Fund; rebate and incentive program for purchase of qualifying zero-emission vehicle
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 20 · Large building energy usage; reporting requirements; publication of energy usage data; penalties for noncompliance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, § 21 · Standards, requirements and procedures governing the siting and permitting of small clean energy infrastructure facilities by local governments; permit application; appeal of decision of local entity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 1 · Short title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 2 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 3 · Application of chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 4 · Restrictions on sale or installation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 5 · Updating of energy efficiency standards; revision; regulations to facilitate the deployment of flexible demand technologies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 6 · Testing procedures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 7 · Certification of compliance; labeling products to connote compliance with efficiency requirements of chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 8 · Inspections of distributors or retailers; violations; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 9 · Superseding federal statutes, etc.; duties of commissioner; withdrawal, repeal or otherwise void of superseding federal statutes, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, § 10 · Study and evaluation of effectiveness of energy efficiency; report and recommendations on efficiency standards; regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 1 · Department of telecommunications and cable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 2 · Commissioner; appointment; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 3 · Performance of duties by commissioner; pecuniary interest in regulated industry companies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 4 · Supervision of department; presiding officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 5 · Protection of confidential and proprietary information during proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 6 · Division of telecommunications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 6A · Voiceover internet protocol service and internet protocol enabled service; regulation prohibited
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, § 7 · Assessments against cable television, telephone and telegraph companies; rate; collection