to spend up to $600,000 in this regard. Pursuant to
c. 12, § 11E(b), the costs incurred by the Attorney General relative to her retention of experts and consultants may be recovered in the Company’s rates.
Te Department will conduct in-person public hearings to receive comments on the Company’s petition as follows:
March 18, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. March 23, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Lowell Senior Center North Quincy High School
276 Broadway Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
Interpretation services available in Spanish,
Brazilian Portuguese, and Khmer.
March 26, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate Middle School
Auditotium
286 Station Avenue
South Yarmouth, Massachusetts 02664
Interpretation services available in
Brazilian Portuguese
April 6, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Breed Middle School Auditorium
90 O’Callaghan Way
Lynn, Massachusetts 01905
April 9, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Massachusetts 01720 Interpretation services available in Interpretation services available in Spanish.
Chinese (Mandarin) and Haitian Creole
April 15, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
One South Station, 3rd Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02111
Interpretation services available in Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), French Creole, Vietnamese, and Brazilian Portuguese
In addition to the above in-person hearings, the Department will conduct a virtual public hearing using Zoom videoconferencing on April 13, 2026. Te session will begin at 7:00 p.m. Attendees can join either session by entering the link, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88522494757 from a computer, smartphone, or tablet. No prior sofware download is required. For audio-only access to the public hearing, attendees can dial in at 1-646-558-8656 (not toll free) and then enter the Webinar ID: 885 2249 4757. Interpretation services will be available in Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Khmer, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian over the Zoom platform by clicking the “Interpretation” button on the menu at the bottom of the Zoom application screen and selecting your language (i.e., English, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Khmer, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian).
Te Department will accept written comments on the Company’s fling until the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on April 30, 2026. Written comments from the public may be sent by email to dpu.efling@mass.gov and DPU2650.GridRateCase@mass.gov and the Company’s attorney, Robert J. Humm, Esq. at rhumm@keeganwerlin.com 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 Te 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, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110.
Any person who desires to participate otherwise in the evidentiary phase of this proceeding shall fle a petition for leave to intervene no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 20, 2026. A petition for leave to intervene must satisfy the timing and substantive requirements of 220 CMR 1.03.
Receipt by the Department constitutes fling and determines whether a petition has been timely fled. A petition fled 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 fled by 5:00 p.m. on the second business day afer the petition to intervene was fled. Any person who seeks to intervene in this matter and desires to comment on the Attorney General’s notice of retention of experts and consultants must fle the comments no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 20, 2026.
All documents should be submitted to the Department in .pdf format by e-mail attachment to dpu.efling@mass.gov, DPU2650.GridRateCase@mass.gov and to the Company’s attorney at the above email addresses. Te text of the e-mail must specify: (1) the docket number of the proceeding (D.P.U. 26-50); (2) the name of the person or company submitting the fling; 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 “26-50”) at: https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/DPU/Fileroom/dockets/bynumber. To the extent a person or entity wishes to submit comments or intervene in accordance with this Notice, electronic submission, as detailed above, is sufcient. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic fles, audio format), please contact the Department’s ADA coordinator eeadiversity@mass.gov or (617) 626-1282. For further information regarding National Grid’s fling, please contact the Company’s attorney, identifed above. For further information regarding this Notice, please contact DPU2650.GridRateCase@mass.gov. Translation and Interpretation Services
English ATTENTION: Translation and/or interpretation services are available upon request. Please email Kaylee Burgess at dpu.ej@mass.gov to request language services, specifying your preferred language and contact information.
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