James Richter v. Department of Public Utilities (SPR 20251527)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records June 5, 2025 SPR25/1527 Mathieu Cunha, Esq. Department of Public Utilities Legal Division One South Station, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02110 Dear Attorney Cunha: I have received the petition of James Richter appealing the response of the Department of Public Utilities (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On May 19, 2025, Mr. Richter requested, “information related to the regulation of National Grid public utility rates 2024-2025 [for] the following documents”: [1] Memorandum of information provided to the legislature to provide to constituents [2] Guidance provided to the legislature for the same time period provides for legal claims to be made against national grid for unlawful billing practices. [3] Documents that quantity, [sic] memorialize or describe the quantity of successful complaints filed against national grid for unlawful billing[.] The Department provided a response on May 29, 2025. Unsatisfied with the Department’s response, Mr. Richter petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/1527, was opened as a result. Subsequently, the Department provided a supplemental response on June 5, 2025. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s May 29th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Richter may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s June 5th response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832 • Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us

Mathieu Cunha, Esq. SPR25/1527 Page 2 June 5, 2025 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: James Richter