Section 115. Meters for measuring gas supplied to consumers shall register the quantity of gas passing through them in cubic feet so that the number of cubic feet of gas consumed may be easily ascertained by the consumer thereof. No meter shall be used which may confuse or deceive the consumer in ascertaining the price […]
Section 115A. Each meter for measuring gas provided by a gas company or municipal lighting plant to a consumer shall, not later than seven years from the date of installation or replacement, be removed by the company or municipal lighting plant from the premises of the consumer and replaced by it with such a meter […]
Section 116. An officer or servant of a gas or electric company who is duly authorized in writing by the president, treasurer, agent or secretary or municipal lighting plant manager of said company and who displays on his outer garment a suitable badge bearing his photograph, issued to him by his employer, identifying him as […]
Section 116A. In the event of a fire, explosion or other disaster, fire fighters and police officers shall permit any officer or servant of a gas or electric company who is duly authorized and displays an identification badge, as provided in section one hundred and sixteen, to enter any area or building in order to […]
Section 116B. Whenever the commonwealth or a city or town undertakes the repair of streets, roads or sidewalks the appropriate gas company shall provide for the maintenance and improvements of its gate boxes located in the streets, roads or sidewalks to be repaired, so that the gate boxes are more easily and immediately accessible. A […]
Section 117. When a gas or electric meter in a building owned or used by a customer of a gas or electric company is read by an employee or agent of such company, he shall, upon request, deliver to the person using the gas or electricity measured by the meter a written statement of the […]
Section 118. Meters for measuring electricity for lighting purposes supplied to consumers shall register the quantity of electricity passing through them in kilowatt hours, so that the number of kilowatt hours consumed may easily be ascertained by the consumer.
Section 119. No charge for the use of a meter or for other similar purpose covering any portion of twelve consecutive months in connection with the supply of gas or electricity for domestic use only shall be made by a corporation, other than a municipality, furnishing the same, in addition to the charge for the […]
Section 119A. When a consumer is charged for gas or electricity at several rates according to the quantity used, his bill, to the extent that the gas or electricity is used for domestic purposes, shall be so itemized as to show the quantity charged for at each rate, and where the use is for other […]
Section 12. All certificates of stock or scrip issued in violation of the preceding section shall be void; and the directors of the corporation which issues them shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars each, to be recovered by indictment in any county where any of them reside; but if any such […]
Section 120. A customer of a corporation subject to this chapter, or such corporation, may apply to the department for an examination and test of any electric meter, demand indicator, so called, and any other device or appliance installed by such corporation upon a customer’s premises and used by such corporation to determine the charge […]
Section 121. The person designated to make such examination and test may at any reasonable time enter upon the premises where the meter to be inspected is placed for the purpose of making the inspection. He shall receive such compensation for his services as the department may determine, together with his necessary traveling and other […]
Section 122. Whoever, being engaged in the sale of electricity, maintains upon the premises of a customer for the purpose of determining the charge to be made for electricity supplied to him a meter, demand indicator or other mechanical device or appliance which is found upon examination and test, as provided in section one hundred […]
Section 123. All gas and electric companies using prepayment meters shall be responsible for the loss by fire of any money deposited in said meters.
Section 124. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a gas or electric company may stop gas or electricity from entering the premises of any person failing to pay the amount due therefor or for the use of the meter or instrument necessary to measure supply of service; and for such purpose, the officers, servants […]
Section 124A. No gas or electric company shall shut off or fail to restore gas or electric service in any residence during such time as there is a serious illness therein; provided, however, that a registered physician or the local board of health certifies in writing to the company that such serious illness exists; and […]
Section 124B. No gas or electric company shall shut off gas or electric service in any home for the reason that a person has failed to pay for an appliance purchased from such company.
Section 124C. No gas or electric utility intending to shut off gas or electricity in any licensed nursing home, home for the aged, convalescent home or hospital, shall do so without first giving fourteen days’ notice in writing to the customer and to the department. Such utility may thereafter shut off such service only upon […]
Section 124D. No gas or electric company shall shut off gas or electric service to any tenant residing in a dwelling unit who, under a rental arrangement, receives the benefit of gas or electricity or heat, hot water, cooking or lighting, or any combination thereof, but who is not the customer of record of the […]
Section 124E. No gas or electric company shall shut off gas or electric service to any household in which all residents are sixty-five years of age or older, for failure to pay an outstanding indebtedness for said service without first complying with all rules and regulations of the department related thereto. The department shall promulgate […]
