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Updated Jun 1, 2026Utility Landscape
Eversource Energy (formerly NSTAR/Western Massachusetts Electric)
IOUEastern Massachusetts including Boston metro, Cape Cod, and portions of western Massachusetts
Eversource faces significant regulatory scrutiny following its 2024 electric distribution rate case and ongoing DPU review of storm restoration performance. The DPU has imposed heightened reliability reporting requirements and is monitoring grid modernization plan compliance under the 2024 rate settlement.
National Grid USA (Massachusetts Electric / Nantucket Electric)
IOUCentral and northeastern Massachusetts, including Worcester County and the South Shore, plus Nantucket Island
National Grid is navigating post-rate-case implementation following its electric distribution settlement and is actively engaged in the DPU's Grid Modernization proceeding. Offshore wind interconnection cost recovery and EV charging infrastructure investments are key near-term regulatory flashpoints.
Eversource Energy Gas (formerly Bay State Gas, rebranded as Avangrid/pending integration)
IOUNortheastern and southeastern Massachusetts natural gas distribution including Lawrence, Brockton, and surrounding communities
Gas operations are under intensified oversight following the 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions legacy remediation and ongoing scrutiny of gas infrastructure investment prudency under the state's climate-driven gas system planning docket.
Unitil Corporation (Massachusetts operations)
IOUFitchburg area electric and gas distribution in north-central Massachusetts
Unitil filed a combined electric and gas distribution rate case in 2024 and is pursuing recovery of advanced metering infrastructure costs. Its small service territory makes it a test case for DPU policies on proportional grid modernization investment burdens.
New England Gas Company (a Southern Company subsidiary)
IOUFall River and surrounding southeastern Massachusetts communities
Subject to DPU oversight on gas system safety and leak-prone pipe replacement under the state's accelerated replacement program. Climate policy pressure is increasing scrutiny of long-term capital recovery for gas infrastructure in a decarbonization context.
Middleborough Gas and Electric Department
muniTown of Middleborough and portions of adjacent municipalities in Plymouth County
As a municipal light plant, Middleborough operates under the Massachusetts Municipal Light Plant framework with lighter DPU oversight, but is increasingly engaged in regional renewable procurement and net metering policy debates affecting muni competitiveness.
Key Issues
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Gas system long-term planning and managed decline: The DPU's Gas System Planning docket (D.P.U. 24-45 and related proceedings) is examining whether utilities must develop climate-aligned capital investment plans that account for declining gas demand, with major implications for rate base recovery and stranded cost allocation.
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Grid Modernization Phase 2 implementation: Following the Phase 1 order, Eversource and National Grid are filing updated Grid Modernization Plans in 2025-2026 addressing advanced metering infrastructure rollout, distribution automation, and non-wires alternatives, with DPU scrutiny focused on cost-effectiveness and equity impacts in environmental justice communities.
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Offshore wind transmission cost allocation: The DPU is engaged in proceedings related to how onshore interconnection and transmission upgrade costs associated with Massachusetts offshore wind solicitations (including the 2024 OSW Round 4 contracts) will be allocated among ratepayers versus developers.
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Electric vehicle charging infrastructure and rate design: Active DPU dockets address utility ownership of make-ready EV infrastructure, time-of-use rate design pilots, and the intersection of EV load growth with distribution planning, following the Transportation Electrification Plans filed by Eversource and National Grid.
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Affordability and low-income rate design: The DPU is reviewing proposals for restructured low-income electric discount programs (expanding beyond the existing low-income discount to consider income-graduated fixed charges), spurred by legislative mandates under the 2024 Mass Leads Act and stakeholder petitions challenging fixed-charge structures.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for Eversource Electric and National Grid to submit updated Grid Modernization Plan filings for Phase 2 review, including advanced metering infrastructure deployment schedules and non-wires alternatives criteria, per anticipated DPU procedural schedule.
Estimated DPU evidentiary hearing sessions on Gas System Long-Term Planning docket (D.P.U. 24-45), where intervenors including the Attorney General's Office and CLF are expected to present expert testimony on stranded asset risk and utility capital recovery constraints under decarbonization scenarios.
Estimated date for DPU final order or interim ruling on low-income rate design and fixed-charge restructuring proceeding, following comment periods concluded in spring 2026; outcome will set precedent for how Massachusetts balances revenue stability for utilities against affordability mandates.
Estimated compliance filing deadline for electric distribution companies to submit annual reliability performance reports and storm response improvement plans under enhanced DPU post-storm accountability framework adopted following 2024 rate case settlements; DPU public review session anticipated in November or December 2026.
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Staff
65| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth A. Cellucci | Director, Transportation Oversight Division | (617) 305-3559 |
| Christopher Chan | Director, Electric Power Division | (617) 305-3575 |
| Teddy Echeverria | Chief of Staff | (617) 305-3500 |
| Richard Enright | Director, Pipeline Safety Division | (617) 305-3500 |
| Andrew Greene | Director, Siting Division | (617) 305-3525 |
| Ryan Hawkins | Director, TNC Division | (617) 305-3569 |
| Iqbal Iqbal | Assistant Director -EPD | (617) 305-3557 |
| Theresa Kelly | Director, Consumer and Administrative Affairs | (617) 305-3500 |
| Emily Luksha | Director, Rates Division | (617) 305-3565 |
| Mark Marini | Department Secretary | (617) 305-3500 |
| Andreas D. Thanos | Gas Policy Specialist | (617) 305-3545 |
| George Yiankos | Director, Gas Division | (617) 305-3545 |
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