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The Department will hold an in-person meeting of the Massachusetts D.P.U. 19-07 Stakeholder Working Group on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The meeting will be held at the Department’s office, One South Station, Boston, Massachusetts starting at 10:00 a.m. The Department will provide additional information to stakeholders prior to the meeting.

As background, “on January 7, 2021, the Department convened a Zoom meeting to discuss Tier Two initiatives (see D.P.U. 19-07 Hearing Officer Memorandum, November 19, 2020). Thereafter, Department staff drafted straw proposals to address some Tier Two initiatives, and competitive supplier representatives drafted straw proposals regarding other Tier Two initiatives (see D.P.U. 19-07 Hearing Officer Memorandum, March 17, 2021). On May 21, 2021, stakeholders received these straw proposals. 

For two reasons, the Department took no further action in D.P.U. 19-07 on either the proposed modifications to the Tier One Initiatives or the proposed Tier Two Initiatives. First, the Department determined more time was necessary to evaluate whether the Tier One Initiatives adequately protected residential customers related to the marketing and delivery of competitive suppliers’ product offerings. Second, the Department chose to conserve its limited resources given the likelihood of significant legislative action to reform the retail competitive market. With the passage of time, and in the absence of legislative action, the Department concludes that it is appropriate to re-convene the D.P.U. 19-07 Stakeholder Working Group to discuss actions the Department could take to ensure sufficient customer protections.”

DPU19-07HearingOfficerMemo  (02/05/2025)
D.P.U. 19-07  (01/18/2019)
(Investigation into Initiatives to Promote and Protect Consumer Interests in the Retail Electric Competitive Supply Market, D.P.U. 19-07 Reconvening Stakeholder Working Group)