Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) The purpose of
225 CMR 4.00 and the State
Plan is to establish requirements for the implementation of the Massachusetts
Residential Conservation Service (RCS) Program pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25A,
§§ 11A, 11G, and c. 164 App. §§ 2-1 through 2-10.
The Massachusetts RCS Program is designed to encourage
Residential Customers to conserve energy by providing them with:
(a) accurate information concerning what they
can do to save energy in their own homes;
(b) such services and programs as are
practicable to facilitate the installation and financing of Program Measures;
and
(c) consumer protection, such
as through education, inspections, warranties, complaint conciliation
procedures, and redress procedures for poor work.
All RCS Program Administrators shall implement the RCS program.
Home Heating Suppliers may voluntarily participate in the RCS program pursuant
to
225 CMR
4.11.
(2) DOER shall:
(a) Provide for a State Plan in the form of a
guideline to implement the RCS program.
(b) Review the Coalition Action Plan to
determine whether it complies with the requirements of
225 CMR 4.00 and file a report
of such review with the DPU and Energy Efficiency Advisory Council as part of
the EEIP process.
(c) Establish
Outcomes and monitor implementation of the Coalition Action Plan and Municipal
Action Plans to ensure that Outcomes are achieved.
(d) Review and approve RCS operating budgets
for those RCS Program Administrators which are not subject to
220 CMR 7.00:
Residential Energy Conservation Service Program Cost
Recovery.
(e) Review and
approve the methodology for recommending Program Measures to Residential
Customers to ensure that such recommendations are comprehensive, transparent,
and objective.
(f) Establish
criteria for the implementation and inspection of Program Requirements in the
State Plan.
(g) Approve the
frequency of services provided under
225 CMR 4.04(3) through
(5) as proposed by RCS Program
Administrators, and include a process for proposals and approvals in the State
Plan.
(3) DPU shall
administer the RCS program as directed under M.G.L. c. 164 App. §§
2-1 through 2-10 and
220 CMR 7.00:
Residential Energy Conservation Service Program Cost
Recovery.
