STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 14, 2025…..Gov. Maura Healey ordered utilities regulators Tuesday to start combing through gas and electric bill charges line by line to reduce or remove any that don’t provide a benefit to ratepayers as they gird for the winter heating season.
“Everybody knows what we’re dealing with. It’s not just a Massachusetts issue, it’s a problem throughout the Northeast, and we’ve just got to act with just incredible urgency to do everything we can to lower costs. And that means this as well, looking at bills, looking at charges, and getting rid of charges that aren’t justified, that aren’t providing that customer benefit,” the governor said.
The order to the Department of Public Utilities, delivered in a letter Tuesday, calls for the department to “review each and every charge that customers are currently paying to determine whether the charge can be eliminated, reduced or its impact mitigated.” Healey also instructed the DPU to “rigorously review” the rate increases proposed by utilities “to avoid unnecessary spending and drive down costs.”…