Hearing Officer Memo Announces Next LICSS Meeting
DPU staff seek to further discuss the D.P.U. 23-67 working group recommendations on the Low-Income Community Shared Solar (“LICSS”) prior to the comment deadline of July…
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June 3, 2025
May 23, 2025
Municipal Aggregation Meeting Rescheduled
The Department of Public Utilities (“Department”) issued a hearing officer memorandum rescheduling a meeting of the D.P.U. 23-67 working group meeting for Wednesday,…
Next Meeting of the Municipal Aggregation Working Group
From the Massachusetts Commission Hearing Officer’s Memo: “Although DOER has yet to issue its draft SMART 3.0 Regulations, the Department considers it reasonable and…
May 16, 2025
Electric Utility Files Increased Default Service Rates
NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities basic service electricity mass market rates for its Eastern Massachusetts…
May 14, 2025
Staff Proposes Additional Limits On Auto-Renewals
From Hearing Officer Memorandum: “In this Hearing Officer Memorandum, staff is making available revised sub-group meetings slides to the distribution list. The slides…
May 6, 2025
Request For Approval Of Long-term Energy Storage System Contracts
The Massachusetts DOER and the electric utilities jointly requested the DPU approve an RFP to solicit long-term energy storage system contracts. This solicitation would…
April 24, 2025
Municipal Aggregation Annual Report Filing Deadline
This memorandum serves to notify all existing municipal aggregation programs (“Programs”) of the deadline to file their 2024 annual reports. Typically, the annual…
April 23, 2025
Hearing Examiners Identifies Next Steps In Retail Energy Investigation
During the April 16 Meeting, Dr. Debra Borie-Holtz, on behalf of NRG, provided guidance on how focus groups could assist the Working Group in addressing the Energy…
April 7, 2025
Mark Your Calendar
The Massachusetts Hearing Officer Memorandum RE: Reconvening Stakeholder Working Group Into Investigation into Initiatives to Promote and Protect Consumer Interests in…
April 2, 2025
Stakeholders Seek To Make Presentations In Response To Staff’s Retail Energy Market Reform Proposals
In a Massachusetts D.P.U. 19-07 Hearing Officer Memorandum (February 25, 2025), the Department of Public Utilities (“Department”) announced that it will convene a…
