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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 75B (2026)

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Section 75B. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth which shall desire to construct and operate a natural gas pipeline situated wholly within the commonwealth may qualify to do business within the commonwealth as a natural gas pipeline company after hearing upon a petition filed with the department and after the department has determined that such facilities are necessary for the purpose alleged and will serve the public convenience and is consistent with the public interest. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth or of any other state or of the United States which holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' authorizing it to construct a natural gas transmission line and appurtenant facilities within the commonwealth, shall be considered as a natural gas pipeline company within the meaning of this chapter upon filing with the department a certified copy of such certificate.

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Cited in 3 cases, 1968–1975 · leading case: Save the Bay, Inc. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 322 N.E.2d 742 (Mass. 1975).
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Save the Bay, Inc. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 322 N.E.2d 742 (Mass. 1975). · cites it 4× “The petitioners, however, seek to distinguish the Mezitt decision on the basis that the corporation in that case qualified as a “natural gas pipe line company” under G. L. c. 164, § 75B, 10 in that it held “a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under the…”
Pereira v. New England LNG Co., Inc., 301 N.E.2d 441 (Mass. 1973). · cites it 2× “164, § 1, 4 or by a “natural gas pipe line company” as defined in G. L. c. 164, § 75B, inserted by St. 1950, c.”
Carlisle v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 234 N.E.2d 752 (Mass. 1968). “Tennessee is a natural gas pipeline company as defined by G. L. c. 164, § 75B, authorized to transmit and distribute gas, and is a public service corporation supplying natural gas in bulk to several Massachusetts gas utilities.”
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