Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions set forth in an order adopted by the Senate on April 20, 1976, and transmitted to the Justices on the same day. The order recites that there is pending before the General Court, under the provisions of art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, an initiative petition (printed as House No. 4201) entitled “An Act to lower electric bills *870for residential customers, small businesses, and other small users by…