Department of Public Utilities
energyswitchma.gov · Boston, Massachusetts · State or territory domain · scanned 2026-08-08
2 rules violated
1
critical rules violated
1
serious rules violated
0
moderate rules violated
0
minor rules violated
2 distinct rules violated across 17 elements. 25 rules passed and 1 needed manual review.
The homepage resolved to https://energyswitchma.gov/#/.
Violations by WCAG success criterion
| Success criterion | Rules | Elements |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4.3 | color-contrast | 16 |
| 4.1.2 | label | 1 |
What axe-core found
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labelcriticalForm elements must have labels
.form-control
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color-contrastseriousElements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds
.footer-a[ui-sref="home"][href="#/"].col-md-3:nth-child(2) > p:nth-child(1).footer-a[ui-sref="restructuredmarketfaq"][href="#/faq/restructuredmarketfaq"]
Provenance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Run | 2026-08-state |
| Scan timestamp (UTC) | 2026-08-08T23:10:31.429000-04:00 |
| Contacted this run | yes |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Scanner | a11yscan-govindex/1.0.0 |
| a11yscan CLI | 0.1.1 |
| axe-core | 4.12.1 |
| Browser | chromium/151.0.7922.34 |
| axe tag set | wcag2a, wcag2aa, wcag21a, wcag21aa |
| Registry snapshot | file://cache/registry-16041b3dcffcdb8109ca4731aa3db2dc767d2130df77d4f769a0c42c2f4310af.csv (sha256 16041b3dcffcdb8109ca4731aa3db2dc767d2130df77d4f769a0c42c2f4310af, fetched 2026-08-08) |
| URL scanned | https://energyswitchma.gov/#/ |
Reproduce this
npx github:st0rm-bless3d/a11yscan#v0.1.1 https://energyswitchma.gov/ --min-impact serious
The engine is the open-source a11yscan CLI (MIT). Its default rule set is wider than this index's — it also enables wcag22aa and axe's best-practice rules — so it will report a superset of what is listed above. The exact tag set used here is wcag2a, wcag2aa, wcag21a, wcag21aa; see the methodology.
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