It took more than two months, but the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has finally launched an investigation into why residents are being charged so much for energy.
Nine weeks after Governor Maura Healey ordered the probe, the DPU, whose job is to regulate public utility companies that distribute electric power, natural gas, and water to Massachusetts citizens, has begun its task.
Had the DPU begun its probe nine weeks ago, in mid-October, when the days were still toasty, it may have reached some conclusions by now, as an unseasonably cold mid-to-late fall has caused residents to crank up the heat early…