Massachusetts Department Of Public Utilities Hearing
The Department of Public Utilities will conduct virtual public hearing on December 18th at 2 PM
The Department will conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the petition using Zoom videoconferencing on December 18, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Attendees can join by entering the link, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87598803443, from a computer, smartphone, or tablet. No prior software download is required. For audio-only access to the hearings, attendees can dial in at + 1 305 224 1968, (not toll free) and then enter the Meeting ID# 875 988 03443. If you anticipate providing comments via Zoom during the public hearing, please send an email by December 16, 2025, to krista.hawley@mass.gov with your name, email address, and mailing address. If you anticipate commenting by telephone, please leave a voicemail message by December 16, 2025, at 617-305-3620 with your name, telephone number, and mailing address.
Discussion Topics
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D.P.U. 25-124 Petition of Boston Gas Company d/b/a National Grid for approval of its 2022-2024 Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan Term Report
On August 1, 2025, Boston Gas Company d/b/a National Grid (“Company”) filed with the Department of Public Utilities (“Department”) its 2022-2024 Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan Term Report (“Term Report”). The Term Report documents actual energy savings, benefits, and expenditures resulting from the implementation of the Company’s 2022-2024 three-year energy efficiency plan approved by the Department in Boston Gas Company, D.P.U. 21-124 (2022). The Department has docketed this matter as D.P.U. 25-124.
The Department will review the Term Report to determine, among other things, whether the Company: (1) reported its program savings, benefits, and costs accurately and reliably; and (2) implemented its energy efficiency programs in a manner that was consistent with statutory requirements and the Department-approved Three-Year Plan. See G.L. c. 25, § 19(d)(2); G.L. c. 25, § 21(b)(3); G.L. c. 25, §§ 19(a) and (c). Based on the results of the investigation, the Department will approve final recovery of costs incurred during the three-year term, including performance incentive payments. G.L. c. 25, § 19.
The Department will conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the petition using Zoom videoconferencing on December 18, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Attendees can join by entering the link, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87598803443, from a computer, smartphone, or tablet. No prior software download is required. For audio-only access to the hearings, attendees can dial in at + 1 305 224 1968, (not toll free) and then enter the Meeting ID# 875 988 03443. If you anticipate providing comments via Zoom during the public hearing, please send an email by December 16, 2025, to krista.hawley@mass.gov with your name, email address, and mailing address. If you anticipate commenting by telephone, please leave a voicemail message by December 16, 2025, at 617-305-3620 with your name, telephone number, and mailing address.
Alternately, any person interested commenting on this matter may also submit written comments no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on December 19, 2025.
The Department strongly encourages public comments to be submitted by email. If, however, a member of the public is unable to send written comments by email, a paper copy may be sent to Peter A. Ray, Secretary, Department of Public Utilities, One South Station, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110.
Any person who desires to participate otherwise in the evidentiary phase of this proceeding shall file a petition for leave to intervene no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on December 11, 2025. A petition for leave to intervene must satisfy the timing and substantive requirements of 220 CMR 1.03. Receipt by the Department constitutes filing and determines whether a petition has been timely filed. A petition filed late may be disallowed as untimely, unless good cause is shown for waiver under 220 CMR 1.01(4). To be allowed, a petition under 220 CMR 1.03(1) must satisfy the standing requirements of G.L. c. 30A, § 10. All responses to petitions to intervene must be filed by the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on the second business day after the petition to intervene was filed.
All documents must be submitted to the Department in pdf format by e-mail attachment to dpu.efiling@mass.gov and krista.hawley@mass.gov. In addition, all documents should be emailed to the Company’s attorney, Christopher Tuomala, Esq. at Christopher.Tuomala@nationalgrid.com. The text of the e-mail must specify: (1) the docket number of the proceeding (D.P.U. 25-124); (2) the name of the person or company submitting the filing; and (3) a brief descriptive title of the document.
All documents submitted in electronic format will be posted on the Department’s website through our online File Room as soon as practicable (enter “25-124”) at: https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/DPU/Fileroom/dockets/bynumber. Please note that in the interest of transparency any comments will be posted to our website as received and without redacting personal information such as addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses. As such, consider the extent of information you wish to share when submitting comments.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), contact the Department’s ADA coordinator at eeadiversity@mass.gov or (617) 626-1282. For further information regarding the Company’s filing, please contact the Company’s attorney, Christopher Tuomala, Esq. at Christopher.Tuomala@nationalgrid.com. For further information regarding this Notice, please contact Krista Hawley, Senior Counsel, Department of Public Utilities, at krista.hawley@mass.gov. -
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