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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 - Worcester 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
50,562
219,085
19,770 289,417
Ashburnham
 
285
1,432
64
1,781
Athol
 
550
4,064
214
4,828
Auburn
 
1,516
6,289
270
8,075
Barre
 
356
1,572
127
2,055
Berlin
 
168
887
45
1,100
Blackstone
 
737
1,927
298
2,962
Bolton
 
223
991
34
1,248
Boylston
 
274
1,406
41
1,721
Brookfield
 
184
841
56
1,081
Charlton
 
563
1,713
127
2,403
Clinton
 
888
4,777
371
6,036
Douglas
 
301
1,345
97
1,743
Dudley
 
701
2,781
223
3,705
E. Brookfield
 
150
720
34
904
Fitchburg
 
2,542
13,544
987
17,073
Gardner
 
1,364
6,722
652
8,738
Grafton
 
901
4,335
243
5,479
Hardwick
 
198
442
462
1,102
Harvard
 
437
1,508
46
1,991
Holden
 
910
5,619
666
7,195
Hopedale
 
303
1,846
103
2,252
Hubbardston
 
163
576
32
771
Lancaster
 
378
1,967
117
2,462
Leicester
 
861
3,209
203
4,273
Leominster
 
1,917
12,211
1,002
15,130
Lunenburg
 
666
3,150
125
3,941
Mendon
 
243
1,184
61
1,488
Milford
 
1,617
8,454
607
10,678
Millbury
 
1,148
4,242
320
5,710
Millville
 
209
528
86
823
New Braintree
 
70
240
24
334
N. Brookfield
 
324
1,569
96
1,989
Northborough
 
950
3,971
114
5,035
Northbridge
 
583
2,805
2,139
5,527
Oakham
 
97
379
12
488
Oxford
 
757
3,124
310
4,191
Paxton
 
317
1,571
71
1,959
Petersham
 
115
473
26
614
Phillipston
 
69
334
22
425
Princeton
 
162
863
29
1,054
Royalston
 
120
314
15
449
Rutland
 
259
1,424
58
1,741
Shrewsbury
 
1,833
9,008
429
11,270
Southborough
 
487
2,489
73
3,049
Southbridge
 
1,199
4,669
1,106
6,974
Spencer
 
765
3,689
269
4,723
Sterling
 
278
1,989
57
2,324
Sturbridge
 
496
1,896
226
2,618
Sutton
 
414
1,936
133
2,483
Templeton
 
349
2,169
97
2,615
Upton
 
357
1,496
97
1,950
Uxbridge
 
714
3,108
259
4,081
Warren
 
296
1,361
93
1,750
Webster
 
1,170
5,032
592
6,794
W. Boylston
 
499
2,772
108
3,379
W. Brookfield
 
255
1,037
62
1,354
Westborough
 
1,006
5,361
167
6,534
Westminster
 
343
2,010
89
2,442
Winchendon
 
466
2,162
153
2,781
Worcester
 
15,059
49,552
5,131
69,742
County Totals
50,562
219,085
19,770 289,417