Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 93 (2026)

Price or quality of gas or electricity; public hearing; notice

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Section 93. On written complaint of the attorney general, of the mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where a gas or electric company is operated, or of twenty customers thereof, either as to the quality or price of the gas or electricity sold and delivered, the department shall notify said company by leaving at its office a copy of such complaint, and shall thereupon, after notice, give a public hearing to such complainant and said company, and after such hearing may order any reduction or change in the price or prices of gas or electricity or an improvement in the quality thereof, and a report of such proceedings and the result thereof shall be included in the report required by section seventy-seven. Such an order may likewise be made by the department, after notice and hearing as aforesaid, upon its own motion. The price or prices fixed by any such order shall not thereafter be changed by said company except as provided in section ninety-four.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases, 1922–2016 · leading case: Bellermann v. Fitchburg Gas & Elec. Light Co., 54 N.E.3d 1106 (Mass. 2016).

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Bellermann v. Fitchburg Gas & Elec. Light Co., 54 N.E.3d 1106 (Mass. 2016). · cites it 2× “See G. L. c. 164, § 93; Fitchburg Gas & Elec.”

Town of Norwood v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 202 F.3d 392 (1st Cir. 2000). “, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, §§ 93 -94E; see also Boston Edison Co.”

City of Boston v. Edison Elec. Illuminating Co., 136 N.E. 113 (Mass. 1922). · cites it 2× “742, § 162, an act to consolidate the laws relative to the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas and electricity (see now G. L. c. 164, § 93), the board of gas and electric light commissioners, and since St.”

ENGIE Gas & LNG LLC v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 475 Mass. 191 (Mass. 2016). “See G. L. c. 164, § 93 (granting department authority, on notice and investigation following written complaint “either as to the quality or price of the gas or electricity sold and delivered, .”

Attorney Gen. v. Dep't of Telecomm. & Energy, 438 Mass. 256 (Mass. 2002). “Further, the department stated that there was nothing restricting the rights of the Attorney General, or any other party, to seek a review of rates pursuant to G. L. c. 164, § 93. 16 The department added that, if it had any reason to believe that any one of the distribution…”

Fitchburg Gas & Elec. Light Co. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 477 N.E.2d 372 (Mass. 1985). “This grant of authority subtends the department’s power to supervise a utility’s dealings with its affiliates, see G.”

Metro. Dist. Comm'n v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 224 N.E.2d 502 (Mass. 1967). “” The department is authorized by G. L. c. 164, § 93, to hold hearings on its own motion “as to the quality or price of the .”

Boston Edison Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 233 F.3d 60 (1st Cir. 2000). “, between distributors and local customers) are subject to state regulation, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, §§ 93 -94E (1997).”

Consumers Org. for Fair Energy Equality, Inc. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 335 N.E.2d 341 (Mass. 1975). “If they believed the fuel adjustment clauses were inherently improvident or were resulting in excessive returns to the companies; if they doubted the propriety of any features of the clauses or thought the calculations under the clauses were erroneous; if they had any relevant…”

Pioneer Liquor Mart, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 212 N.E.2d 549 (Mass. 1965). “See also, as to certain public utility rates and practices; G. L. c. 164, §§ 93, 94; Boston Consol. Gas Co.”

Bellerman v. Fitchburg Gas & Elec. Light Co., 26 Mass. L. Rptr. 107 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2009). “Plaintiffs’ proper recourse for *110 a claim related to their payment of rates is to seek relief under G.L.c. 164, §93, which requires the DPU to hold a hearing upon the “written complaint of.”

Grant v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 180 N.E. 504 (Mass. 1932). · cites it 3× “” G. L. c. 164, §§ 93 and 94, before amendment read: (93) “On written complaint of the mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where a gas or electric company is operated, or of twenty customers thereof, either as to the quality or price of the gas or electricity sold and…”

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