MA H4778

Bill

MA H4778

Study Order

Introduced
07/02/2024

In Committee
07/02/2024

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2024

Introduced Session

193rd General Court

Bill Summary

Relativerelative to municipalities, pipelines, solar and other related matters.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (Joint)

Last Action

No further action taken (on 12/31/2024)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4778

(106 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4778
BillText	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4778.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2038	To prohibit the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure for new construction in the town of Concord	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3135	Relative to monthly minimum reliability contributions	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3136	To promote solar panel installations on school property	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3137	Relative to intervenors and utility work	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3138	Authorizing the city of Somerville to establish a net zero emissions standard for new constructed buildings and major renovation projects	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3139	Setting deadlines to electrify school buses and public fleets and establishing programs to encourage private fleet electrification	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3140	Relative to municipal lighting plants	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3141	To establish municipal access to utility poles located in municipal rights-of-way	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3143	Protecting consumers from unreasonable utility rate increases	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3146	Promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3147	Relative to offshore wind	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3149	Establishing fossil-free fuels pilot programs	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3150	Advancing clean energy, equity, and innovation within municipal utilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3151	Establishing a pathway to net zero buildings	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3152	Relative to double poles	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3153	Increasing service quality penalty against electric and gas companies	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3156	Relative to municipal authority in public rights of way	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3157	To restore the environmental fund with unclaimed bottle deposits	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3158	Establishing the municipal utility corridor public access program	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3160	Bringing Mass Save in line with climate goals	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3162	Authorizing borrowing by cities and towns at zero percent from the Commonwealth for green energy sources	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3163	Relative to emergency back up power at gasoline stations	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3165	Authorizing the town of Arlington to adopt and enforce local regulations restricting the use of fossil fuels in certain construction	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3168	Relative to the placement of overhead transmission lines	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3169	Protecting ratepayers from gas pipeline expansion costs	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3171	Establishing the gateway cities renewable, efficient, and electrified neighborhoods initiative	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3172	Relative to construction for the installation or repair of utility lines	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3173	Relative to ensuring gas safety and consumer fairness	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3174	Relative to equitable towing rates	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3175	Regulating the location of pipelines	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3176	Redefining natural gas compressor station	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3179	Relative to internet service provider data	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3181	To study gasoline-focused sales-below-cost	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3182	Relative to a clean transportation future	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3183	Relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated buildings	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3184	To enhance municipal choice and provide affordable electricity options	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3185	Relative to replacement plans	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3186	Promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3188	Relative to hydro	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3189	Promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3190	Relative to large-scale solar energy installations on agricultural or recreational land of the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3191	Encouraging advanced leak repair technology and renewable thermal energy infrastructure	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3192	Relative to building energy and decarbonization	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3193	Relative to aggregated gas power	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3194	To ensure safety and transparency in pipeline repair	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3195	For field safety in gas infrastructure	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3198	Regarding regulation of directory assistance	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3200	Requiring executive agency liability	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3201	Ensuring ratepayer and community representation in utility company regulatory proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3203	Relative to the future of clean heat in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3204	Establishing off-peak charging rebates	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3206	Extending rebates for electric and zero emission vehicles	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3209	Ensuring a healthy future for environmental justice communities	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3212	Advancing a delivered fuel energy efficiency surcharge for the commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3221	Relative to energy bill equity	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3222	Improving gas safety in excavation	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3223	Relative to fair and stable utility pricing	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3224	Relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated buildings in the city of Northampton	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3225	To encourage solar development on buildings and disturbed land	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3226	Relative to LIHEAP eligibility	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3227	Expanding access to the fossil fuel free demonstration project	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3228	Relative to Mass Save reporting	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3229	Prohibiting public and ratepayer funding of clearcutting forests and woodlands	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3230	Allowing municipalities to reasonably regulate solar siting	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3231	Investing in a prosperous, clean Commonwealth by 2030	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3232	Establishing a zero carbon renovation fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3233	Providing for a wind-farm study	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3234	Relieving the adverse effects of wind energy	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3235	Authorizing municipalities to impose a methane emissions surcharge and authorize non-pipeline alternatives	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3236	Sparking the construction of 21st century buildings	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3237	To establishing a moratorium on new gas system expansion	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3238	To put a moratorium on new gas system expansion	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3673	Providing safe, reliable, and equitable access to electric vehicle charging stations	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3675	To create a net-zero transportation financing commission	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3676	To update the bottle bill	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3677	Establishing solar neighborhoods	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3678	Promoting the adoption of renewable energy for heating, cooling and hot water	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3679	Facilitating public ownership of public utilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3684	Relative to containers, litter, ecology and nips (CLEAN Act)	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3685	Ensuring solar energy access	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3687	Relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3689	Transitioning Massachusetts to clean electricity, heating and transportation	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3690	To expand the bottle bill	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3693	Achieving a green future with infrastructure and workforce investments	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3694	Relative to the clean heat standard	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3695	Regulating the location of generation facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3696	Relative to clean energy resources	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3697	Relative to renewable energy production technologies	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3700	Relative to consumer protection and private utility lines and poles	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3701	Relative to chemical recycling	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3797	Relative to electric vehicles	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3798	Relative to the sale of electric vehicles	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3799	Relative to infrastructure for electric vehicles	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3800	To ensure notice to abutter communities of applications to the department of public utilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3805	Establishing the Massachusetts Green Bank	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3806	Reforming the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company board of directors	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3833	Relative to broadening the scope for Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3846	Authorizing the City of Salem to adopt and enforce local regulations restricting new fossil fuel infrastructure in certain construction	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3850	Authorizing the town of Brookline to adopt green zoning by-laws and regulations	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3860	Relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3886	To ensure electric motor vehicle charging fairness	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H3950	Establishing a residential property assessed clean energy (R-PACE) program in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H4007	Establishing a local option penalty on certain pole installation projects	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H4032	Expanding the definition of beverage	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H755	Reforming energy system planning for equity and climate transformation	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces
H873	Relative to making methane accounting truthful helps	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2038

To prohibit the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure for new construction in the town of Concord