Mass. DPU Rejects National Grid’s Proposed Rate Structure

Boston (October 5, 2016) – Late Friday, September 30th, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) ruled in favor of The Energy Freedom Coalition of America, LLC (EFCA) and fellow Distributed Generator (DG) Intervenors — in National Grid’s General Rate Case (Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (D.P.U.) Docket 15-155) on all four of the rate design issues in which EFCA holds strong interests. The DPU rejected National Grid’s “unsubstantiated claims” that distributed generation (such as wind and rooftop solar) imposes costs on the electricity distribution system; and declined to find that DG customers’ costs shift to other customers, rejecting the argument put forth by National Grid as the basis for the new charges it sought to levy on distributed energy systems.  Bernice (Bicky) Corman, John DeTore and Karla Doukas represented EFCA. Read our Summary: Mass. DPU Rejects National Grid’s Proposed Rate Structure