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Massachusetts Proceeding On Retail Market Reform Continues
The next working group meeting in docket 23-67 of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will meet on July 1, 2025 as it considers possible solutions short of mass market customer ban for the state’s retail electricity market.
According to the hearing officer managing the work group, discussions at the next meeting on high prices and targeting of vulnerable customers will include: (1) additional aspects of “the proposals that staff presented during the sub-group meetings”; (2) “a revised proposal related to the initial enrollment of customers through Energy Switch that staff developed in response to the concerns expressed by suppliers during our recent meetings”; and (3) “issues regarding customer education and market oversight as they relate to staff’s proposal.” Staff invites stakeholders to present alternate approaches to those proposed by Staff as part of the discussion.
