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Summary of Question 7

The proposed act would impose a general requirement that every electric utility company charge a uniform rate per kilowatt hour of electricity. The proposed act would except from this general rule rates charged to other electric utility companies and to residential customers who heat their principle place of residence by electricity. The Act would also permit a different rate to be charged residential customers for the first three hundred (300) kilowatt hours they consume each month, and would authorize "peak load" pricing whereby a higher rate than the uniform rate per kilowatt hour may be charged during the periods of the day or seasons of the year when consumption of electricity is the greatest. The Act would authorize the Department of Public Utilities to issue implementing rules and regulations and provides for enforcement.

1976 - Essex County - Question 7Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 3, 1976, by a vote of 182-49, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 5, 1976?

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
66,888
220,594
20,182 307,664
Amesbury
 
1,059
3,694
675
5,428
Andover
 
2,770
10,040
489
13,299
Beverly
 
4,381
13,946
987
19,314
Boxford
 
511
1,957
55
2,523
Danvers
 
2,094
9,434
504
12,032
Essex
 
378
1,145
83
1,606
Georgetown
 
507
2,168
109
2,784
Gloucester
 
3,379
8,519
1,088
12,986
Groveland
 
453
1,941
67
2,461
Hamilton
 
668
2,768
138
3,574
Haverhill
 
3,873
14,980
1,538
20,391
Ipswich
 
1,226
4,446
305
5,977
Lawrence
 
5,308
18,577
2,595
26,480
Lynn
 
9,373
23,343
3,527
36,243
Lynnfield
 
1,523
4,840
182
6,545
Manchester-by-the-Sea
 
780
2,145
177
3,102
Marblehead
 
2,563
9,831
474
12,868
Merrimac
 
409
1,485
86
1,980
Methuen
 
3,451
13,403
1,061
17,915
Middleton
 
379
1,438
77
1,894
Nahant
 
622
1,545
95
2,262
Newbury
 
554
1,690
81
2,325
Newburyport
 
1,761
5,462
632
7,855
N. Andover
 
1,685
7,237
539
9,461
Peabody
 
4,594
16,622
1,318
22,534
Rockport
 
1,091
2,457
279
3,827
Rowley
 
331
1,299
59
1,689
Salem
 
3,817
13,906
1,442
19,165
Salisbury
 
579
1,754
196
2,529
Saugus
 
3,515
8,422
569
12,506
Swampscott
 
1,972
5,215
542
7,729
Topsfield
 
596
2,340
65
3,001
Wenham
 
377
1,505
98
1,980
W. Newbury
 
309
1,040
50
1,399
County Totals
66,888
220,594
20,182 307,664