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S2228 • 2025

An Act to set equal contracting conditions for electricity customers on basic service

An Act to set equal contracting conditions for electricity customers on basic service

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Sponsor
Michael J. Barrett
Last action
2026-06-25
Official status
Accompanied H5175
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to set equal contracting conditions for electricity customers on basic service

An Act to set equal contracting conditions for electricity customers on basic service By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to set equal contracting conditions for electricity customers on basic service By Mr.
  • Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2228) of Michael J.
  • Barrett, Jason M.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-25 Senate

    Accompanied H5175

  2. 2025-12-11 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  3. 2025-05-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to set equal contracting conditions for electricity customers on basic service
By Mr. Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2228) of Michael J. Barrett, Jason M. Lewis, James B. Eldridge, Joanne M. Comerford and others for legislation to set equal contracting conditions for electricity customers on basic service. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2228

Section 1B of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in subsection (d), the words “periods of up to six months” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- the period of time resulting from the competitive bidding process.

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