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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, § 2 (2026)

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Section 2. Sections four through eight D, ten, eleven, twelve, twelve A, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, sixteen A, seventeen, seventeen A, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one through twenty-five, thirty-three, seventy-eight through eight-four, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-six, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred and one, one hundred and two A, one hundred and two B and one hundred and twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall include and apply to all such corporations and companies, provided that nothing in section five A or section six of said chapter shall require the inclusion of the words ''electric company'' or ''gas company'' in the name of any such corporation or company.

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Cited in 6 cases, 1932–1987 · leading case: Salisbury Water Supply Co. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 184 N.E.2d 44 (Mass. 1962).
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Salisbury Water Supply Co. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 184 N.E.2d 44 (Mass. 1962). · cites it 2× “In each case the department, acting on its own motion, suspended the operation of the schedules for ten months beyond the time when the rates and charges would otherwise have become effective, the maximum period permissible under G. L. c. 165, § 2; c. 164, § 94 (as amended…”
Town of Southbridge v. Southbridge Water Supply Co., 355 N.E.2d 920 (Mass. 1976). “164, § 81, and made applicable to the company by G. L. c. 165, § 2, as amended through St.”
Town of Salisbury v. Salisbury Water Supply Co., 181 N.E. 194 (Mass. 1932). “Nothing in the words of the statute makes the existence or nonexistence of a contract of the water company with the applicant or with any other water taker or person desirous of obtaining water a condition of action by the department. The immediate right of the applicant is the…”
Salisbury Water Supply Co. v. Town of Salisbury, 167 N.E.2d 320 (Mass. 1960). “G. L. c. 165, § 2, and sections of c. 164, especially § 93, incorporated in c.”
Wannacomet Water Co. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 194 N.E.2d 109 (Mass. 1963). “G. L. c. 165, § 2, as amended through St.”
Whitinsville Water Co. v. Covich, 507 N.E.2d 1059 (Mass. App. Ct. 1987). “164, §§ 76, 93 and 94; G. L. c. 165, §§ 2 *926 and 4. See also Boston Consol.”
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