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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIESNOTICE OF FILING, PUBLIC HEARING, AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTSD.P.U. 25-181January 16, 2026Petition of Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, each d/b/a National Grid, pur-suant to St. 2024, c. 239, " 134, for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of its Electric Vehicle SupplyEquipment Plan.On December 30, 2025, Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, each d/b/a NationalGrid (together, "Company" or "National Grid"), filed a petition with the Department of Public Utilities ("Department")for approval of its electric vehicle ("EV") supply equipment ("EVSE") plan proposal. The Company filed its petitionpursuant to Chapter 239, Section 134 of the Acts of 2024, An Act Promoting a Clean Energy Grid, Advancing Equityand Protecting Ratepayers. The Department docketed this petition as D.P.U. 25-181.In its petition, National Grid proposes to facilitate the deployment of EVSE projects on rights-of-way ("ROWEVSE") and on distribution poles ("pole-mounted EVSE") by offering enhanced incentives for publicly accessibleLevel 2 ROW and pole-mounted EVSE projects as part of its 2027-2030 Phase IV EV charging infrastructureprogram ("Phase IV EV program"), which the Company filed with the Department on December 30, 2025 in Mas-sachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, D.P.U. 25-189. National Grid proposes to recoverthe costs associated with ROW and pole-mounted EVSE projects, including the enhanced incentives, through thecommercial segment budget of its Phase IV EV program and does not propose to establish a separate budgetspecific to ROW or pole-mounted EVSE. The Company maintains that its proposal will not result in incremental billimpacts and that no revisions to its EV program tariff are necessary because the costs associated with ROW andpole-mounted EVSE projects will be recovered through its Department-approved EV program tariff applicable tothe commercial segment of its Phase IV EV program, if approved by the Department. The Company also plans tocommunicate the enhanced ROW and pole-mounted EVSE incentives through marketing materials and targetedcustomer outreach and to engage with key stakeholders and EVSE operators to ensure that interested customershave access to best practices, case studies, and information regarding ROW and pole-mounted EVSE projects.National Grid further states that it will apply lessons learned from the Phase IV EV program to inform the develop-ment of a long-term strategy to support ROW and pole-mounted EVSE deployment.The Department will conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the Company's petition on Wednesday,February 11, 2026, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The public hearing will be conducted jointly with the EV-related petitionsfiled by NSTAR Electric Company docketed as D.P.U. 25-180 and D.P.U. 25-188 and Fitchburg Gas and ElectricLight Company docketed as D.P.U. 25-182.The public hearing will be virtual and use Zoom videoconferencing. Attendees can join the public hearing by en-tering the link, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83625314675, from a computer, smartphone, or tablet. No prior softwaredownload is required. For audio-only access to the public hearing, attendees can dial in at (646) 931-3860 (nottoll free) and then enter the Meeting ID# 836 2531 4675. If you anticipate providing comments via Zoom duringthe public hearing, please send an email to scott.seigal@mass.gov by Monday, February 9, 2026 with your name,email address, and mailing address.Any person interested in commenting on this matter may submit written comments no later than the close ofbusiness (5:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Written comments from the public may be sent by email todpu.efiling@mass.gov, Scott.Seigal@mass.gov, and the Company's attorneys, Jonathan Goldberg, Esq., at jgold-berg@keeganwerlin.com and Bonnie Raffetto, Esq., at Bonnie.Raffetto@nationalgrid.com. Please note that, in theinterest of transparency, any comments will be posted to our website as received and without redacting personal in-formation, such as addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses. As such, consider the extent of informationyou wish to share when submitting comments.The Department strongly encourages public comments to be submit-ted by email. If, however, a member of the public is unable to send written comments by email, a paper copy may besent to Peter A. Ray, Secretary, Department of Public Utilities, One South Station, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110.Any person who desires to participate otherwise in the evidentiary phase of this proceeding shall file a petitionfor leave to intervene no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2026. A petition for leave to intervene mustsatisfy the timing and substantive requirements of 220 CMR 1.03. Receipt by the Department constitutes filing anddetermines whether a petition has been timely filed. A petition filed late may be disallowed as untimely, unless goodcause is shown for waiver under 220 CMR 1.01(4). To be allowed, a petition under 220 CMR 1.03(1) must satisfythe standing requirements of G.L. c. 30A, " 10. All responses to petitions to intervene must be filed by the close ofbusiness (5:00 p.m.) on the second business day after the petition to intervene was filed.The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Attorney General") filed a notice to intervene inthis matter pursuant to G.L. c. 12, " 11E. Further, pursuant to G.L. c. 12, " 11E(b), the Attorney General filed a noticeof intent to retain experts and consultants to assist her investigation of the Company's filing and has requestedDepartment approval to spend up to $150,000 in this regard. Pursuant to G.L. c. 12, " 11E(b), the costs incurredby the Attorney General relative to her retention of experts and consultants may be recovered in the Company'srates. Any person who desires to comment on the Attorney General's notice of intent to retain experts and consul-tants may submit written comments to the Department no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on Monday,February 9, 2026.All documents should be submitted to the Department in .pdf format by e-mail attachment to dpu.efiling@mass.gov and Scott.Seigal@mass.gov. The text of the e-mail must specify: (1) the docket number of the proceeding(D.P.U. 25-181); (2) the name of the person or company submitting the filing; and (3) a brief descriptive title of thedocument. All documents submitted in electronic format will be posted on the Department's website through ouronline File Room as soon as practicable (enter "25-181" on the line for "Docket No."). In addition, one copy of allwritten comments and petitions to intervene should be emailed to the Company's attorneys, Jonathan Goldberg,Esq., at jgoldberg@keeganwerlin.com and Bonnie Raffetto, Esq., at Bonnie.Raffetto@nationalgrid.com.The filing and all subsequent related documents submitted to the Department or issued by the Department willbe available on the Department's website as referenced above as soon as is practicable. To the extent a person orentity wishes to submit comments or intervene in accordance with this Notice, electronic submission, as detailedabove, is sufficient. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, elec-tronic files, audio format), contact the Department's ADA coordinator at eeadiversity@mass.gov or (617) 626-1282.For further information regarding the Company's filing, please contact the Company's attorneys, identified above.For further information regarding this Notice, please contact Scott Seigal, Hearing Officer, Department of PublicUtilities, at Scott.Seigal@mass.gov.Translation and Interpretation ServicesEnglishEspa"ol (Spanish)ATTENTION: Translation and/or interpretation services are availableATENCI"N: Los servicios de traducci"n y/o interpretaci"n est"nupon request. Please email Kaylee Burgess at dpu.ej@mass.gov todisponibles bajo solicitud. Por favor env"e un correo electr"nico arequest language services, specifying your preferred language andKaylee Burgess en dpu.ej@mass.gov para solicitar los servicios decontact information.idiomas, especificando su idioma preferido e informaci"n de contacto.Portugu"s (Portuguese)ATEN"?O: Disponibilizamos nossos servi"os de tradu""o e/ou (Simplified Chinese)interpreta""o de acordo com a sua demanda. Para solicitar um servi"o/ lingu"stico, envie um e-mail para Kaylee Burgess atrav"s do endere"o Kaylee Burgessdpu.ej@mass.govdpu.ej@mass.gov, informando o idioma desejado e seus dados paracontato. (Traditional Chinese)Krey"l Ayisyen (Haitian Creole): /ATANSYON: Gen s"vis tradiksyon ak/oswa ent"pretasyon ki disponibKaylee Burgessdpu.ej@mass.govsou demann. Tanpri voye im"l bay Kaylee Burgess nandpu.ej@mass.gov pou mande s"vis lang, ki enf"me lang ou pi pito a akenf"masyon kontak ou.Ting Vit (Vietnamese)Fran"ais (French)LU >: C"c dch v bi"n dch v"/hoc phi"n dch c" sn theo y"uATTENTION : Des services de traduction et/ou d'interpr"tation sontcu. Vui l"ng gi email n Kaylee Burgess theo a chdisponibles sur demande. Veuillez envoyer un e-mail " Kaylee Burgessdpu.ej@mass.gov y"u cu dch v ng"n ng, n"u r? ng"n ng a" l'adresse dpu.ej@mass.gov pour demander des services linguistiques,th"ch ca qu? v v" th"ng tin li"n lcen pr"cisant votre langue pr"f"r"e et vos coordonn"es.(Arabic) P (Russian). / : ! Burgess Kaylee / dp u.ej@mass.gov . Kaylee Burgess dpu.ej@mass.gov. . . (Khmer) (Korean) / : / . % (% Kaylee Burgess dpu.ej@mass.gov 4%% 6 Kaylee Burgess dpu.ej@mass.gov 4 4 .ET ? 1/22/26
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIESNOTICE OF FILING, PUBLIC HEARING, AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTSD.P.U. 25-181January 16, 2026Petition of Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, each d/b/a National Grid, pur-suant to St. 2024, c. 239, " 134, for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of its Electric Vehicle SupplyEquipment Plan.On December 30, 2025, Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, each d/b/a NationalGrid (together, "Company" or "National Grid"), filed a petition with the Department of Public Utilities ("Department")for approval of its electric vehicle ("EV") supply equipment ("EVSE") plan proposal. The Company filed its petitionpursuant to Chapter 239, Section 134 of the Acts of 2024, An Act Promoting a Clean Energy Grid, Advancing Equityand Protecting Ratepayers. The Department docketed this petition as D.P.U. 25-181.In its petition, National Grid proposes to facilitate the deployment of EVSE projects on rights-of-way ("ROWEVSE") and on distribution poles ("pole-mounted EVSE") by offering enhanced incentives for publicly accessibleLevel 2 ROW and pole-mounted EVSE projects as part of its 2027-2030 Phase IV EV charging infrastructureprogram ("Phase IV EV program"), which the Company filed with the Department on December 30, 2025 in Mas-sachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, D.P.U. 25-189. National Grid proposes to recoverthe costs associated with ROW and pole-mounted EVSE projects, including the enhanced incentives, through thecommercial segment budget of its Phase IV EV program and does not propose to establish a separate budgetspecific to ROW or pole-mounted EVSE. The Company maintains that its proposal will not result in incremental billimpacts and that no revisions to its EV program tariff are necessary because the costs associated with ROW andpole-mounted EVSE projects will be recovered through its Department-approved EV program tariff applicable tothe commercial segment of its Phase IV EV program, if approved by the Department. The Company also plans tocommunicate the enhanced ROW and pole-mounted EVSE incentives through marketing materials and targetedcustomer outreach and to engage with key stakeholders and EVSE operators to ensure that interested customershave access to best practices, case studies, and information regarding ROW and pole-mounted EVSE projects.National Grid further states that it will apply lessons learned from the Phase IV EV program to inform the develop-ment of a long-term strategy to support ROW and pole-mounted EVSE deployment.The Department will conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the Company's petition on Wednesday,February 11, 2026, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The public hearing will be conducted jointly with the EV-related petitionsfiled by NSTAR Electric Company docketed as D.P.U. 25-180 and D.P.U. 25-188 and Fitchburg Gas and ElectricLight Company docketed as D.P.U. 25-182.The public hearing will be virtual and use Zoom videoconferencing. Attendees can join the public hearing by en-tering the link, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83625314675, from a computer, smartphone, or tablet. No prior softwaredownload is required. For audio-only access to the public hearing, attendees can dial in at (646) 931-3860 (nottoll free) and then enter the Meeting ID# 836 2531 4675. If you anticipate providing comments via Zoom duringthe public hearing, please send an email to scott.seigal@mass.gov by Monday, February 9, 2026 with your name,email address, and mailing address.Any person interested in commenting on this matter may submit written comments no later than the close ofbusiness (5:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Written comments from the public may be sent by email todpu.efiling@mass.gov, Scott.Seigal@mass.gov, and the Company's attorneys, Jonathan Goldberg, Esq., at jgold-berg@keeganwerlin.com and Bonnie Raffetto, Esq., at Bonnie.Raffetto@nationalgrid.com. Please note that, in theinterest of transparency, any comments will be posted to our website as received and without redacting personal in-formation, such as addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses. As such, consider the extent of informationyou wish to share when submitting comments.The Department strongly encourages public comments to be submit-ted by email. If, however, a member of the public is unable to send written comments by email, a paper copy may besent to Peter A. Ray, Secretary, Department of Public Utilities, One South Station, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110.Any person who desires to participate otherwise in the evidentiary phase of this proceeding shall file a petitionfor leave to intervene no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2026. A petition for leave to intervene mustsatisfy the timing and substantive requirements of 220 CMR 1.03. Receipt by the Department constitutes filing anddetermines whether a petition has been timely filed. A petition filed late may be disallowed as untimely, unless goodcause is shown for waiver under 220 CMR 1.01(4). To be allowed, a petition under 220 CMR 1.03(1) must satisfythe standing requirements of G.L. c. 30A, " 10. All responses to petitions to intervene must be filed by the close ofbusiness (5:00 p.m.) on the second business day after the petition to intervene was filed.The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Attorney General") filed a notice to intervene inthis matter pursuant to G.L. c. 12, " 11E. Further, pursuant to G.L. c. 12, " 11E(b), the Attorney General filed a noticeof intent to retain experts and consultants to assist her investigation of the Company's filing and has requestedDepartment approval to spend up to $150,000 in this regard. Pursuant to G.L. c. 12, " 11E(b), the costs incurredby the Attorney General relative to her retention of experts and consultants may be recovered in the Company'srates. Any person who desires to comment on the Attorney General's notice of intent to retain experts and consul-tants may submit written comments to the Department no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on Monday,February 9, 2026.All documents should be submitted to the Department in .pdf format by e-mail attachment to dpu.efiling@mass.gov and Scott.Seigal@mass.gov. The text of the e-mail must specify: (1) the docket number of the proceeding(D.P.U. 25-181); (2) the name of the person or company submitting the filing; and (3) a brief descriptive title of thedocument. All documents submitted in electronic format will be posted on the Department's website through ouronline File Room as soon as practicable (enter "25-181" on the line for "Docket No."). In addition, one copy of allwritten comments and petitions to intervene should be emailed to the Company's attorneys, Jonathan Goldberg,Esq., at jgoldberg@keeganwerlin.com and Bonnie Raffetto, Esq., at Bonnie.Raffetto@nationalgrid.com.The filing and all subsequent related documents submitted to the Department or issued by the Department willbe available on the Department's website as referenced above as soon as is practicable. To the extent a person orentity wishes to submit comments or intervene in accordance with this Notice, electronic submission, as detailedabove, is sufficient. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, elec-tronic files, audio format), contact the Department's ADA coordinator at eeadiversity@mass.gov or (617) 626-1282.For further information regarding the Company's filing, please contact the Company's attorneys, identified above.For further information regarding this Notice, please contact Scott Seigal, Hearing Officer, Department of PublicUtilities, at Scott.Seigal@mass.gov.Translation and Interpretation ServicesEnglishEspa"ol (Spanish)ATTENTION: Translation and/or interpretation services are availableATENCI"N: Los servicios de traducci"n y/o interpretaci"n est"nupon request. Please email Kaylee Burgess at dpu.ej@mass.gov todisponibles bajo solicitud. Por favor env"e un correo electr"nico arequest language services, specifying your preferred language andKaylee Burgess en dpu.ej@mass.gov para solicitar los servicios decontact information.idiomas, especificando su idioma preferido e informaci"n de contacto.Portugu"s (Portuguese)ATEN"?O: Disponibilizamos nossos servi"os de tradu""o e/ou (Simplified Chinese)interpreta""o de acordo com a sua demanda. Para solicitar um servi"o/ lingu"stico, envie um e-mail para Kaylee Burgess atrav"s do endere"o Kaylee Burgessdpu.ej@mass.govdpu.ej@mass.gov, informando o idioma desejado e seus dados paracontato. (Traditional Chinese)Krey"l Ayisyen (Haitian Creole): /ATANSYON: Gen s"vis tradiksyon ak/oswa ent"pretasyon ki disponibKaylee Burgessdpu.ej@mass.govsou demann. Tanpri voye im"l bay Kaylee Burgess nandpu.ej@mass.gov pou mande s"vis lang, ki enf"me lang ou pi pito a akenf"masyon kontak ou.Ting Vit (Vietnamese)Fran"ais (French)LU >: C"c dch v bi"n dch v"/hoc phi"n dch c" sn theo y"uATTENTION : Des services de traduction et/ou d'interpr"tation sontcu. Vui l"ng gi email n Kaylee Burgess theo a chdisponibles sur demande. Veuillez envoyer un e-mail " Kaylee Burgessdpu.ej@mass.gov y"u cu dch v ng"n ng, n"u r? ng"n ng a" l'adresse dpu.ej@mass.gov pour demander des services linguistiques,th"ch ca qu? v v" th"ng tin li"n lcen pr"cisant votre langue pr"f"r"e et vos coordonn"es.(Arabic) P (Russian). / : ! Burgess Kaylee / dp u.ej@mass.gov . Kaylee Burgess dpu.ej@mass.gov. . . (Khmer) (Korean) / : / . % (% Kaylee Burgess dpu.ej@mass.gov 4%% 6 Kaylee Burgess dpu.ej@mass.gov 4 4 .ET ? 1/22/26
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