Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities

Section 1 - Department of Public Utilities; Seal - Section 1. There shall be a department of public utilities,...

Section 1a - Department Priorities - [ Text of section added by 2021, 8, Sec. 15...

Section 2 - Commonwealth Utilities Commission; Membership; Appointment and Terms; Chairman; Quorum; Salaries; Annual Report - Section 2. The department shall be under the supervision and...

Section 2a - Energy Advisory Board; Membership; Duties - Section 2A. There is hereby established within the executive office...

Section 3 - Commissioners; Oath; Interests in Regulated Industry Companies - Section 3. Each commissioner shall be sworn to the faithful...

Section 4 - Chairman of Commission; Powers and Duties; Hearings; Investigations; Reports - Section 4. The chairman shall have and exercise supervision and...

Section 4a - Hearings on Change of Rates or Reduction in or Discontinuance of Service; Time and Place - Section 4A. Upon request of the mayor of a city...

Section 4b - Authority of Commissioner Upon Declaration of State of Emergency - Section 4B. Upon declaration by the governor that a state...

Section 4c - Action for Appointment of Receiver to Oversee Operation of Investor-Owned Electric Distribution, Transmission or Natural Gas Distribution Company During Existence of Emergency - Section 4C. (a) As used in this section, ''emergency'' shall...

Section 5 - Rulings; Orders; Appeal; Costs; Staying Enforcement; Burden of Proof; Evidence - Section 5. When so requested by any party interested, the...

Section 5a - Witnesses; Summonses; Subpoenas; Fees - Section 5A. In all investigations and inquiries authorized by law...

Section 5b - Rules and Regulations - Section 5B. The department shall issue, following public hearings in...

Section 5c - Hazardous Materials; Rail Transportation Regulations - Section 5C. The department shall promulgate, in accordance with chapter...

Section 5d - Trade Secrets, Confidential Information; Protection From Disclosure; Burden of Proof - Section 5D. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause Twenty-sixth of section...

Section 5e - Audit of Companies Subject to Jurisdiction of Department; Time of Commencement; Payment of Costs; Filing of Results - Section 5E. The department may, from time to time, audit...

Section 7 - Duties Relative to Common Carriers; Employees; Division of Railroad Track Inspection - Section 7. For the performance of the department's duties relative...

Section 8 - Duties Relative to Common Carriers; Expenditures - Section 8. For the performance of the department's duties relative...

Section 9 - Duties Relative to Water, Gas and Electric Companies; Expenditures; Employees - Section 9. For the performance of the department's duties relative...

Section 10 - Officers and Employees; Supervision and Control - Section 10. The commission may assign to all officers and...

Section 10b - Filing Fees - Section 10B. Except when a fee is required by another...

Section 12f - Transportation Division; Director; Assistants - Section 12F. There shall be in the department, and under...

Section 12g - Transportation Division; Investigations and Inquiries - Section 12G. In all investigations and inquiries authorized by law...

Section 12n - Facility Siting Division - Section 12N. There is hereby established within the department, and...

Section 12o - Department of Telecommunications and Energy Trust Fund - Section 12O. There shall be established upon the books of...

Section 12p - Department of Public Utilities Storm Trust Fund - Section 12P. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 12q - Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund - Section 12Q. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities...

Section 12r - Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund - Section 12R. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities...

Section 18 - Assessments Upon Energy Companies Based on Intrastate Revenues; Rates; Suspension of Rates - Section 18. The commission may make an assessment against each...

Section 18a - Assessment Against Steam Distribution Companies; Apportionment; Time for Payment; Credit for Unexpended Funds - Section 18A. The commission may make an assessment against each...

Section 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 - [ Subsection (a) effective until June 24, 2021. For text...

Section 20 - Funding for Development and Promotion of Renewable Energy Projects; Mandatory Charge per Kilowatt-Hour; Election by Certain Municipal Lighting Plants - Section 20. (a) The department shall require a mandatory charge...

Section 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 - [ Subsection (a) effective until June 24, 2021. For text...

Section 22 - Energy Efficiency Advisory Council; Membership; Duties; Quarterly Report to Council - Section 22. (a) The department shall appoint and convene an...

Section 23 - Division for the Administration, Implementation and Enforcement of Chapter 159a1/2; Funding From Surcharge on Transportation Network Companies - Section 23. (a) There shall be established within the department...