Web Site:

www.mass.gov/dpu

Organization Chart

Mission:

The Department of Public Utilities is responsible for oversight of investor-owned electric power, natural gas and water utilities in the Commonwealth; developing alternatives to traditional regulation; monitoring service quality; and regulating safety in the transportation and gas pipeline areas, and for the siting of energy facilities. The mission of the Department is to ensure that utility consumers are provided with the most reliable service at the lowest possible cost; to protect the public safety from transportation and gas pipeline related accidents; to oversee the energy facilities siting process; and to ensure that residential ratepayers' rights are protected.

Governing Laws:

Statutes

MGL C. 25 S. 1-22

Department of Public Utilities

MGL C. 40A S. 3

Zoning Exemption

MGL C. 82 S. 40-40E

Dig Safe Law

MGL C. 159 S. 1-105

Common Carriers

MGL C. 159A S. 1-32

Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle

MGL C. 159B S. 1-22

Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle

MGL C. 160 S. 1-252

Railroads

MGL C. 161 S. 1-161

Street Railways

MGL C. 162 S. 1-18

Electric Railroads

MGL C. 163 S. 1-12

Trackless Trolley Companies

MGL C. 164 S. 1-145

Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity

MGL C. 164A S. 1-27

New England Power Pool

MGL C. 165 S. 1-27

Water and Aqueduct Companies

St. 1955 C. 604 S. 1

DPU Bargaining Agent for the Procurement of Power from New York Power Authority

St. 1997 C. 164 S. 1-344

Electric Industry Restructuring

St. 2008 C. 169 S. 1-124

Green Communities

St. 2009 C. 133 S. 1-6

Public Utility Companies

St. 2012 C. 209 S. 1-59

Competitively Priced Electricity

St. 2012 C. 216 S. 1-8

Emergency Service Response of Public Utility Companies

St. 2014 C. 149 S. 1-10

Natural Gas Leaks

St. 2014 C. 251 S. 1-9

Credit for Thermal Energy Generated with Renewable Fuels

St. 1934 C. 280 S. 1

Regulation and Limitation of Hackney Carriages in the City of Boston

St. 2016 C. 187 S. 1

AN ACT REGULATING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES

Regulations

220 CMR

Department of Telecommunications and Energy

980 CMR

Energy Facilities Siting Board