Bill > H3155

This bill aims to modernize and enhance the competitive energy supply market in Massachusetts. It includes the following key provisions: 1. Defining "energy marketer" as any person or entity that markets, advertises, or offers to sell generation service to retail customers as an agent for a supplier. 2. Requiring distribution companies to implement accelerated switching, allowing electric customers to change suppliers within 3 business days. 3. Enabling the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to implement a consolidated billing system, allowing retail electric suppliers to send bills to customers that show both energy-related and distribution-related charges. 4. Establishing licensing requirements for energy brokers, marketers, and other suppliers, including a $5 million bond and a mandatory training and certification program. 5. Prohibiting door-to-door or in-person marketing to residential customers without third-party verification and requiring agents to wear identification badges. 6. Creating an Office of Retail Market Oversight within the DPU, funded by industry fees, to monitor the competitive energy market and address supplier violations. 7. Prohibiting suppliers from executing or renewing contracts with low-income customers, and requiring suppliers to provide certain data and disclosures to the DPU and customers. 8. Authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the consumer protection provisions of the bill and impose penalties for violations.