Chapter 169, An Act Relative to Green Communities

1. Procedural History and Bill Versions

2. Committee Documents

3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents

4. Executive Action Documents

5. Press Reports (links only)

State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 2007
State House News Service: WITH 6,308 WAYS TO IMPROVE MASSACHUSETTS, LEGISLATORS AVERAGE 32 BILLS APIECE By: Gintautas Dumcius, Priscilla Yeon, and Michael Norton – JAN. 10, 2007
State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 2007
State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
State House News Service: SPEAKER FILES SWEEPING ENERGY LEGISLATION By: Kyle Cheney and Jim O’Sullivan MARCH 20, 2007
State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 2007
State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF DEC. 9, 2007
State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 2008
State House News Service: COASTAL REPS CHALLENGE DiMASI OVER ENERGY AMENDMENT By: Jim O’Sullivan – JAN. 9, 2008
State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 2008
State House News Service: CLEAN ENERGY BILL CLEARS SENATE By: Michael Norton – JAN. 9, 2008
State House News Service: SENATE POISED TO OKAY ENERGY POLICY COMPROMISE By: Jim O’Sullivan – JUNE 24, 2008
State House News Service: SENATE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES ENERGY POLICY COMPROMISE By: Jim O’Sullivan – JUNE 24, 2008
State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008
State House News Service: HOUSE APPROVES ENERGY COMPROMISE, AND BILL HEADS TO PATRICK By: Jim O’Sullivan – JUNE 26, 2008
State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL REMAINS COMMITTED TO ROLE AS RATEPAYER ADVOCATE ON ENERGY ISSUES (3-21-07)
State House News Service: HOUSE SPEAKER SALVATORE DIMASI’S TESTIMONY ON THE GREEN COMMUNITIES ACT OF 2007 (4-2-07)
State House News Service: COST & AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRICITY A CONCERN TO ALL (4-2-07)
State House News Service: CLF STATEMENT ON THE MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY BILL (11-8-07)
State House News Service: ENVIRONMENT NORTHEAST LAUDS MASSACHUSETTS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SALVATORE F. DIMASI FOR HIS RELEASE OF GROUNDBREAKING ENERGY BILL (11-8-07)
State House News Service: SPEAKER DIMASI, GOVERNOR PATRICK, SENATE PRESIDENT MURRAY, AG COAKLEY, KEY STAKEHOLDERS UNVEIL BOLD ENERGY REFORM (11-8-07)
State House News Service: AIM APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY BILL (11-8-07)
State House News Service: HOUSE TO DEBATE SIGNIFICANT ENERGY REFORM PACKAGE TODAY (11-15-07)
State House News Service: AIM COMMENTS ON H. 4365 (11-15-07)
State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE PASSES STRONG ENERGY POLICY (11-16-07)
State House News Service: HOUSE PASSES SWEEPING ENERGY REFORM BILL (11-16-07)
State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE PASSES STRONG ENERGY POLICY (11-16-07)
State House News Service: SENATE APPROVES GROUNDBREAKING ENERGY BILL (1-9-08)
State House News Service: SENATE APPROVES ENERGY REFORM BILL (1-9-08)
State House News Service: SENATOR O’LEARY VOTES FOR ENERGY REFORM (1-9-08)
State House News Service: AIM CONCERNED ABOUT SEGMENTS OF SENATE ENERGY BILL (1-9-08)
State House News Service: STATEMENT OF DIANA CONNETT OF ENVIRONMENT MASSACHUSETTS ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO STATE ENERGY BILL (1-9-08)
State House News Service: TARR AMENDS, SUPPORTS ENERGY REFORM BILL (1-9-08)
State House News Service: ANTI-COAL POSTCARDS DELIVERED TO MASSACHUSETTS’ LEGISLATURE (2-19-08)
State House News Service: HOUSE, SENATE TO DEBATE SWEEPING ENERGY REFORM (06-24-08)
State House News Service: SENATOR O’LEARY VOTES TO REFORM MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY POLICY (6-25-08)
State House News Service: MA POISED TO PASS SWEEPING ENERGY BILL (6-26-08)
State House News Service: ENVIRONMENT NORTHEAST (ENE) LAUDS LEGISLATORS FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF LANDMARK ENERGY REFORM BILL (6-26-08)
State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE PASSES COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY BILL (06-26-08)
State House News Service: ENE STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR PATRICK’S SIGNING OF THE GREEN COMMUNITIES ACT, ENE APPLAUDS THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS FOR LEADING MASSACHUSETTS INTO THE CLEAN ENERGY AGE (7-2-08)
State House News Service: GOVERNOR PATRICK SIGNS ENERGY BILL PROMOTING COST SAVINGS, RENEWABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (7-2-08)
State House News Service: AIM ENCOURAGED BY NEW ENERGY LAW (7-2-08)
State House News Service: DPU ISSUES ORDER ‘DECOUPLING’ REVENUES FROM SALES FOR ALL ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS UTILITIES (7-16-08)
State House News Diary Entries (Links no longer exist, descriptions can be found here by searching for the respective month and year)
- PAIR OF REPS ADD THEIR PLAN TO GROWING PILE OF ENERGY PROPOSALS – TUESDAY, JAN. 9, 2007
- DIMASI ENERGY BILL STILL IN THE WORKS – THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 2007
- DiMASI TO FILE ENERGY BILL TUESDAY – MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
- SPEAKER FILES SWEEPING ENERGY LEGISLATION – TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2007
- DIMASI UNVEILS LONG-AWAITED ENERGY POLICY – TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2007
- BOWLES, POLITELY, KNOCKS DiMASI ENERGY BILL – MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2007
- DiMASI SAYS HE’LL WAIT BEFORE PUSHING ENERGY BILL – TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007
- LAWMAKERS STILL WORKING ON DiMASI ENERGY BILL – TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2007
- ENERGY COMMITTEE CHAIR OFFERS FEW DETAILS ON SPEAKER’S BILL – THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 2007
- SENATOR SEES ENERGY BILL SURFACING NEXT WEEK – WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31, 2007
- DiMASI: ENERGY BILL DUE OUT THURSDAY – MONDAY, NOV. 5, 2007
- REDRAFTED HOUSE ENERGY REFORM BILL EMERGING – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
- ENERGY BILL DUE OUT THURSDAY, FOR DEBATE NEXT THURSDAY – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
- WITH MORE SUPPORT, HOUSE LEADERS RE-LAUNCH ENERGY PLAN – THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 2007
- ADVANCES – WEEK OF NOV. 11, 2007 – FRIDAY, NOV. 9, 2007
- HOUSE PLAN TO MOVE RENEWABLE ENERGY TRUST STIRS DEBATE ON HILL – MONDAY, NOV. 12, 2007
- PROMISING LENGTHY TENURE, DiMASI NOT BASHFUL ON AGENDA – TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 2007
- HEATING AID ON GOVERNOR’S DESK, FORMALS IN BOTH BRANCHES THURSDAY – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 2007
- HOUSE PASSES SWEEPING ENERGY BILL – THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 2007
- CRITICS TARGET BIOFUELS BILL, SENATOR LOOKS TO ROLL IT INTO LARGER PACKAGE – MONDAY, NOV. 19, 2007
- MASS. TECH COLLABORATIVE BOARDS VOTES MORE RENEWABLE FUNDS – THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 2007
- SENATOR: HOUSE ENERGY BILL TO EMERGE IN NEXT TWO WEEKS – WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 2007
- SENATE ENERGY BILL EMERGES, ALONG WITH SOME DIFFERENCES WITH THE HOUSE BILL – FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 2007
- DiMASI CONSIDERING SPECIAL STOP ON TRIP TO ‘SAUDI ARABIA OF WIND ENERGY’ – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
- LAWMAKERS CONSIDER SUGGESTIONS TO AVERT DOOMSDAY FUEL OUTLOOK – MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008
- SENATOR: ENERGY COMPROMISE BILL NEARING COMPLETION – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008
- DiMASI CLEAN ENERGY BILL SENT TO COMMITTEE – TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2008
- SENATE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES ENERGY BILL – TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2008
- PATRICK SIGNS ENERGY LAW, CALLS IT “THE BEST” IN THE U.S. – WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2008

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