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What you need for Expand a gas supplier or retail agent license to serve residential customers
Gas suppliers and retail agents should mail a complete paper copy of the application.
Competitive suppliers and electricity brokers must also email an electronic copy of the application to:
- dpu.gassupply@mass.gov, and
- mark.marini@mass.gov
If you are requesting that some information in the application be kept confidential, you must also provide:
- a motion for protective treatment
- an unredacted copy of the materials for which protection is sought (with each page as marked confidential)
- a redacted (or public) copy of the materials
How to submit Expand a gas supplier or retail agent license to serve residential customers
Download the applicable form below and mail all of the information to:
Department of Public Utilities
c/o Mark D. Marini, Secretary
One South Station, 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02110
You must also email an electronic copy of the application to:
- dpu.gassupply@mass.gov, and
- mark.marini@mass.gov
Next steps for Expand a gas supplier or retail agent license to serve residential customers
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License application review
After reviewing your application, we will contact the regulatory contact listed on the application by phone or email if we have any questions. If we do not have questions, you will not hear from us.
DPU notification
If the DPU approves your license application to expand to serve residential customers, we will notify the regulatory contact listed on the application via a letter in the mail.
Requirements to remain licensed
Gas suppliers and retail agents must:
- File updated information to the DPU within 30 days of any material change in its license information. 220 CMR 11.05(2).
- Submit a yearly renewal application by July 1 if it wishes to remain licensed. D.P.U. 19-07-C, 220 CMR 11.05(2).
Gas suppliers must also submit reports and notices to the DPU and customers. D.P.U. 19-07-A.
More info for Expand a gas supplier or retail agent license to serve residential customers
- When must a licensed gas supplier or retail agent submit an expansion license application?
- You must submit an expansion license application if you are already licensed to serve commercial and industrial customers in Massachusetts and are seeking to serve residential customers.
- How does a gas supplier or retail agent know whether it is approved to serve residential customers?
- The DPU’s list of licensed electricity suppliers and brokers will indicate whether you are licensed to serve residential customers. If there is an “R” in the RCI column on the same line as the Company’s name, then the gas supplier or retail agent is licensed to serve residential customers.
- If a gas supplier or retail agent submits an expansion license application, does the gas supplier or retail agent also need to submit a license renewal application?
- Yes, the expansion license application is separate from the license renewal application. Pursuant to 220 CMR 11.05, an Applicant must file an updated license renewal application annually.
- Is there a fee for the expansion license application?
- No, there is no cost to submitting an expansion license application.
- Does the expansion license application need to be notarized?
- Yes, the expansion license application must be notarized.
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