Massachusetts S2139 amends municipal light plant regulations to protect trade secrets and proprietary information.

Massachusetts S2139 amends Chapter 164 to exempt municipal lighting plants from public record requirements and open meeting requirements when necessary to protect trade secrets, confidential, competitively sensitive, or other proprietary information. This protection applies to information provided during proceedings conducted by municipal aggregators or cooperatives of governmental entities. The bill ensures that such information remains exempt from disclosure under Chapter 66, provided it does not exempt public entities from disclosure required of private entities.

Massachusetts S2139 amends municipal light plant regulations to protect trade secrets and proprietary information.

Massachusetts S2139 amends Chapter 164 to exempt municipal lighting plants from public record requirements and open meeting requirements when necessary to protect trade secrets, confidential, competitively sensitive, or other proprietary information. This protection applies to information provided during proceedings conducted by municipal aggregators or cooperatives of governmental entities. The bill ensures that such information remains exempt from disclosure under Chapter 66, provided it does not exempt public entities from disclosure required of private entities.