September 11, 2026
Nstar, National Grid, and Unitil in Massachusetts have requested that the Massachusetts DPU use an evidentiary process, including discovery, testimony, and hearings, to adjudicate proposals for implementation of time-varying default service electric rates
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September 1, 2026
In comments at the Massachusetts DPU, the NRG Energy Retail Companies said that, "for customers served by municipal aggregators and/or retail suppliers, ISO-NE should allocate transmission costs directly to those municipal aggregators and/or retail suppliers that wish to have that option, rather…
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July 21, 2026
The Massachusetts DPU has extended the deadline for the submission of utility responses to various questions, and for stakeholder comment on additional topics, in the DPU's newly opened investigation into the design and implementation of time-varying rates (TVR) for default electricity service (aka…
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June 30, 2026
Following a petition from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com here) , the Massachusetts DPU has opened an inquiry into the design and implementation of time-varying rates (TVR) for default service (aka basic service)
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April 9, 2026
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has petitioned the Massachusetts Department Of Public Utilities to open an investigation of time-varying electricity rates, with DOER proposing the implementation of a default, opt-out time-of-use (TOU) rate for basic electricity service (default…
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