DPU Public Hearing - Eversource Rate Case
On January 17, 2017, Eversource Energy submitted a proposal to the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to update the company's electric rates.
The Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy announced that the AG office will challenge the $96 million rate increase. “As a regulated public utility, Eversource is required to justify why the state should permit it to raise electric rates on residents and business customers,” said AG Healey. “Our initial evaluation shows that Eversource should be returning profits to customers as savings, not raising rates. We urge the DPU to reject Eversource’s request for a rate hike.”
The DPU will review Eversource's rate request, conduct public hearings in Eversource's service area, and then make a decision by November 30, 2017 for new rates to become effective January 1, 2018.
| March 22 at 7 p.m. Natick Town Hall 2nd Floor, Board of Selectmen's Meeting Room 13 East Central Street Natick, MA 01760 March 23 at 7 p.m. Department of Public Utilities 5th Floor, Hearing Room A One South Station Boston, MA 02110 March 30 at 6 p.m. Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall 449 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138 April 3 at 7 p.m. Barnstable County Complex Harborview Conference Room 3195 Main Street Barnstable, MA 02630 April 5 at 7 p.m. Keith Middle School 225 Hathaway Boulevard New Bedford, MA 02740 | April 6 at 7 p.m. Plymouth South High School 490 Long Pond Road Plymouth, MA 02360 April 10 at 6 p.m. The Berkshire Athenaeum Auditorium 1 Wendell Avenue Pittsfield, MA 01201 April 12 at 7 p.m. Springfield City Hall School Committee Meeting Room (Room 220) 36 Court Street Springfield, MA 01103 April 24 at 6 p.m. Katharine Cornell Theatre 51 Spring Street Tisbury, MA 02568 April 26 at 7 p.m. Greenfield Middle School Auditorium 195 Federal Street Greenfield, MA 01301 |