A communication from the Department of Public Utilities (see Section 2 of Chapter 25 of the General Laws) submitting its annual report for calendar year 2025

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Dear President Spilka, Speaker Mariano, and Members of the General Court,

I am pleased to submit the Department of Public Utilities’ 2025 Annual Report. As you know,

the DPU provides regulatory oversight, consumer protection, and public education for many

services that Massachusetts residents and businesses rely upon each and every day.

2025 was a very productive year that saw the DPU advance many critical policy priorities,

welcome new leadership, and continue to implement the many policies the Legislature has

entrusted to the Department in recent years. At the same time, unprecedented affordability

challenges and reversals in federal policy priorities have required the DPU to adapt.

As chronicled in the Report, the DPU took significant steps on many fronts, including opening a