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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, § 12P (2026)

Department of Public Utilities Storm Trust Fund

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Section 12P. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Department of Public Utilities Storm Trust Fund. There shall be credited to this fund all amounts collected under the third paragraph of section 18 and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department of public utilities for activities of the department in investigating the preparation for and responses to storm and other emergency events by the electric companies. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Fitchburg Gas & Elec. Light Co. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 467 Mass. 768 (Mass. 2014).
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Fitchburg Gas & Elec. Light Co. v. Dep't of Pub. Utils., 467 Mass. 768 (Mass. 2014). · cites it 2× “164, § 1, within the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Utilities (department), appeal a final order of the department imposing on the petitioners monetary assessments for the Storm Trust Fund (assessment), pursuant to G. L. c. 25, §§ 12P, 18. In accordance with the…”
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