Public Hearing for National Grid Base Distribution Rates (DPU 26-50)

The Department will be conducting an in-person public hearing to receive comments on the petition from National Grid for an increase in gas base distribution rates. Additional information regarding National Grid’s proposal and bill impacts for different service areas may be found below. The proposed rates are suspended while the Department conducts its review of National Grid’s petition.  

The Department will hold eight public hearings to receive comments on the Company’s filing.

The second public hearing will take place on Monday, March 23, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at North Quincy High School, 316 Hancock Street, North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171. The hearing will be conducted in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. To request interpretation and/or translation in an additional language, please email Kaylee Burgess at dpu.ej@mass.gov by Monday, March 16, 2026.

Any person interested in commenting on this matter may submit written comments no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Written comments from the public may be sent by email to dpu.efiling@mass.gov, DPU2650.GridRateCase@mass.gov, and the Company’s attorney, Robert J. Humm, 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. 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, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110.

For more information, please see the Notice below.  

Boston Gas Service Areas:

Abington, Acton, Amesbury, Arlington, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Beverly, Boston (Downtown), Boxborough, Boxford, Braintree, Brighton, Brookfield, Brookline, Burlington, Byfield, Carlisle, Charlestown, Chelsea, Clinton, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dorchester, Dudley, East Boston, East Brookfield, Essex, Everett, Framingham, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groton, Groveland, Hamilton, Harvard, Haverhill, Hingham, Hull, Ipswich, Jamaica Plains, Leicester, Leominster, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lunenberg, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester By the Sea, Marblehead, Medford, Melrose, Merrimac, Middleton, Milton, Nahant, Natick, Needham, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, North Brookfield, Norwood, Peabody, Quincy, Reading, Revere, Rockland, Roslindale, Rowley, Roxbury, Salem, Salisbury Beach, Saugus, Shirley, Somerville, South Boston, Southbridge, Spencer, Stoneham, Sudbury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wakefield, Waltham, Warren, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, Wenham, West Brookfield, West Newbury, West Roxbury, Weston, Weymouth, Whitman, Winchester, Winthrop, and Woburn.

Colonial Gas Service Areas:

Barnstable, Billerica, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chelmsford, Dennis, Dracut, Dunstable, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Lowell, Mashpee, North Reading, Orleans, Pepperell, Sandwich, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Wareham, Westford, Wilmington, and Yarmouth