Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 47 (2026)

Extension of services to adjoining town

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Section 47. The department may, after notice and a public hearing, authorize a town which has acquired a municipal lighting plant to extend its mains or lines into an adjoining town in order to distribute and sell gas or electricity therein, if such town or a private corporation therein is not then supplying such town with gas or electricity, as the case may be. Such authorization shall be upon such terms and with such limitations and restrictions as the department deems for the public interest. A town so authorized shall thereafter have in such adjoining town the same rights and privileges, and be subject to the same limitations and obligations, as it has within its own territorial limits.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1969–2003 · leading case: Tax Collector of North Reading v. Reading, 319 N.E.2d 887 (Mass. 1974).

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Tax Collector of North Reading v. Reading, 319 N.E.2d 887 (Mass. 1974). · cites it 5× “In comparison, G. L. c. 164, §47 (inserted by St. 1915, c.”

Shea v. Boston Edison Co., 431 Mass. 251 (Mass. 2000). “While in certain circumstances a MLP may provide electricity to adjoining municipalities, see G. L. c. 164, § 47, its primary purpose is to provide electricity for “municipal use or for the use of its inhabitants.”

Franklin W. Olin Coll. of Eng'g v. Dep't of Telecomm. & Energy, 439 Mass. 857 (Mass. 2003). “08 (1993) 3 that lot 2 should receive electricity from Wellesley Municipal; or (b) ordering Wellesley Municipal, pursuant to G. L. c. 164, §§ 47 and 47A (d), 4 to provide power to lot 2.”

Bd. of Gas & Elec. Commissioners of Middleborough v. Bd. of Assessors of Lakeville, 245 N.E.2d 249 (Mass. 1969). · cites it 2× “191 (now G. L. c. 164, § 47), a predecessor 1 of that department on May 3, 1916, authorized the extension of service by Middleborough to Lakeville as far as Lake Assawompset.”

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