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Submit a door-to-door marketing notification

Competitive suppliers, electricity brokers and gas retail agents that are door-to-door marketing to residential consumers are required to submit daily notifications to the DPU.

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DPU electric competitive supply team

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Email DPU electric competitive supply team at dpu.electricsupply@mass.gov

DPU gas supply team

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Email DPU gas supply team at dpu.gassupply@mass.gov

The Details   of Submit a door-to-door marketing notification

What you need   for Submit a door-to-door marketing notification

You will need to provide a complete notice pursuant to D.P.U. 19-07-A which asks for the following information:

  • Company contact information for 2 company employees responsible for overseeing the door-to-door marketing campaign

  • Name of the third-party door-to-door vendor(s) and contact information for a vendor supervisor or manager responsible for overseeing the door-to-door marketing campaign

  • A list of up to 5 municipalities (or neighborhoods) in which the company expects it may conduct door-to-door marketing that day

  • The permit status within each municipality the company expects to market door-to-door

How to submit   Submit a door-to-door marketing notification

Download the form below and email a copy of the notice to all of the following:

  1. dpu.electricsupply@mass.gov for electric notices and dpu.gassupply@mass.gov for gas notices
  2. the Attorney General at elizabeth.a.anderson@mass.gov and AGEnergy@mass.gov

All 3 tabs of the spreadsheet should be filled out and the document should be submitted as an Excel document (not a pdf).  The subject of the email and the attachment should be labeled as: "D2D notice - NAME OF COMPANY - date of email in MM.DD.YY format"

More info   for Submit a door-to-door marketing notification

You must only file a notice if you are marketing door-to-door to residential customers; you do not need to file a notice if you are marketing door-to-door to commercial or industrial customers. 

Protective treatment

Based on D.P.U. 19-07-A certain information is kept confidential:

  • (1) the municipality information and (2) the door-to-door marketing vendor contact information tabs in the spreadsheet are granted protective treatment pursuant to D.P.U. 19-07-A under the standing order for protective treatment
  • the competitive supplier contact information tab in the spreadsheet is not granted protective treatment.

Applicants do not need to submit a motion for protective treatment and must only provide a confidential version of the document.

Municipalities and neighborhoods

For each day, you may identify up to 5 municipalities where the competitive supplier intends to market door-to-door to residential customers.  In the City of Boston, you must identify a specific neighborhood where you plan on door-to-door marketing.  This neighborhood will count towards one of the 5 municipality limit allowed in the notice.

  • Allston
  • Back Bay
  • Bay Village
  • Beacon Hill
  • Brighton
  • Charlestown
  • Chinatown-Leather District
  • Dorchester / Mid-Dorchester
  • Downtown
  • East Boston
  • Fenway-Kenmore
  • Hyde Park
  • Jamaica Plain
  • Mattapan
  • Mission Hill
  • North End
  • Roslindale
  • Roxbury
  • South Boston
  • South End
  • West End
  • West Roxbury

Downloads   for Submit a door-to-door marketing notification

Open XLSX file, 234.13 KB,  Door-to-door marketing notification (English, XLSX 234.13 KB)

Contact   for Submit a door-to-door marketing notification

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Email DPU electric competitive supply team at dpu.electricsupply@mass.gov
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Email DPU gas supply team at dpu.gassupply@mass.gov

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